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 |
|---|---|
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
| fervor | intensity of feeling or expression |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| merit | a praiseworthy quality : virtue |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| ashen | of, relating to, or made from ash wood |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |