GRE Word List
RETRIBUTION
recompense
The meaning of the word retribution is recompense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| indecision | a wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| franchise | the right or license granted to an individual or group to market a company's goods or services in a particular territory |
| libel | a written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought |
| earthly | characteristic of or belonging to this earth |