GRE Word List
RETRIBUTION
recompense
The meaning of the word retribution is recompense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |
| limber | having a supple and resilient quality (as of mind or body) : agile |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| galaxy | milky way galaxy |
| biting | having the power to bite |
| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |