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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|---|---|
| palpitate | to beat rapidly and strongly : throb |
| winsome | generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| flirt | to move erratically : flit |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| imbibe | drink |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
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