GRE Word List
RETRIBUTION
recompense
The meaning of the word retribution is recompense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pedant | one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| raspy | harsh |
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |