GRE Word List
RETRIBUTION
recompense
The meaning of the word retribution is recompense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| prudent | characterized by, arising from, or showing prudence: such as |
| austere | stern and cold in appearance or manner |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |
| domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |
| parallelism | the quality or state of being parallel |