GRE Word List
RETRIBUTION
recompense
The meaning of the word retribution is recompense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| ventilate | to expose to air and especially to a current of fresh air for purifying, curing, or refreshing |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| vying | contending; to strive for superiority |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| momentum | a property (see property |
| mettle | vigor and strength of spirit or temperament (see temperament |