GRE Word List
NEMESIS
the Greek goddess of retributive justice
The meaning of the word nemesis is the Greek goddess of retributive justice.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deb\^acle | sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster |
| limber | having a supple and resilient quality (as of mind or body) : agile |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| agrarian | of or relating to fields or lands or their tenure |
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |
| microcosm | a little world |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| repose | a state of resting after exertion or strain |