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 |
|---|---|
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| freebooter | pirate |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| ponderous | of very great weight |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
| facade | the front of a building |
| allege | to assert without proof or before proving |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |