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 |
|---|---|
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| ecstasy | a state of overwhelming emotion |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |
| saline | consisting of or containing salt |
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |