GRE Word List
RETRIBUTION
recompense
The meaning of the word retribution is recompense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |
| elliptical | of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| vertex | the top of the head |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| valid | having legal efficacy or force |
| suborn | to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing |
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |