GRE Word List
RETRIBUTION
recompense
The meaning of the word retribution is recompense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| enhance | heighten |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| induce | to move by persuasion or influence |
| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |
| fanfare | a short and lively sounding of trumpets |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| feud | a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate |