GRE Word List
RETRIBUTION
recompense
The meaning of the word retribution is recompense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |
| vivid | very strong : very high in chroma |
| winsome | generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence |
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| trickle | to issue or fall in drops |