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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| cadaver | a dead body |
| predicament | the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication |
| fiend | devil |
| vapid | lacking flavor, zest, interest, animation, or spirit : flat |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| aloft | at or to a great height |
| bridle | the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |