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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|---|---|
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
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| interregnum | the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |