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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| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| bust | a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast |
| diadem | crown |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| pan | a usually broad, shallow, and open container for domestic use (as for cooking) |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |