GRE Word List
NECTAR
the drink of the Greek and Roman gods
The meaning of the word nectar is the drink of the Greek and Roman gods.
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| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| manacle | a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| seminary | an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| prevalent | generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : widespread |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |