GRE Word List
RETRIBUTION
recompense
The meaning of the word retribution is recompense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cerebration | to use the mind : think |
| chronicle | a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation |
| incur | to become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself |
| forebears | ancestor |
| consonant | being in agreement or harmony : free from elements making for discord |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| rapture | an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion |
| innovation | a new idea, method, or device : novelty |
| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |