GRE Word List
RETRIBUTION
recompense
The meaning of the word retribution is recompense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cordial | showing or marked by warm and often hearty friendliness, favor, or approval |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| kindred | of a similar nature or character : like |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| trample | tramp |
| venal | capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |