GRE Word List

RETRIBUTION

recompense

The meaning of the word retribution is recompense.

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WordMeaning
distillto let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate
dronea stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen
contentiona point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument
congealto change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold
theocracygovernment of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided
temporalof or relating to time as opposed to eternity
cringeto recoil in distaste
detachedstanding by itself : separate
placeboa usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder
suffocateto stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation)