GRE Word List

RETRIBUTION

recompense

The meaning of the word retribution is recompense.

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pedantone who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge
stolidhaving or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional
nepotismfavoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship
witherto become dry and sapless
raspyharsh
reprisea musical repetition:
monographa learned treatise on a small area of learning
puckerto become wrinkled or constricted
gildto overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold
excerpta passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract