GRE Word List
RETRIBUTION
recompense
The meaning of the word retribution is recompense.
Random words
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| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| florid | very flowery in style : ornate |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| dissection | the act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
| conformist | one who conforms : a person who behaves in accordance with prevailing standards or customs and typically dislikes or avoids unconventional behavior |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |