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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|---|---|
| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |
| religious | relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity |
| lout | to bow in respect |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| ebullient | boiling |
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
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