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.
Random words
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|---|---|
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| solicitor | one that solicits |
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |
| fructify | to bear fruit |
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| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
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