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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obtusenot pointed or acute : blunt
animatedendowed with life or the qualities of life : alive
quibbleto evade the point of an argument by caviling about words
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renegadea deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another
voguepopular acceptation or favor : popularity
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
descryto catch sight of
quixoticfoolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals
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