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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| append | attach |
| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| revelry | noisy partying or merrymaking |
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| infantile | of or relating to infants or infancy |