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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| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| remediable | capable of being remedied |
| comprehensive | covering completely or broadly : inclusive |
| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| invulnerable | incapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| conclusive | of, relating to, or being a conclusion |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |