GRE Word List

NEMESIS

the Greek goddess of retributive justice

The meaning of the word nemesis is the Greek goddess of retributive justice.

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WordMeaning
citadela fortress that commands (see command
reveriedaydream
sovereignone possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty
subalternparticular with reference to a related universal proposition
afflictiona cause of persistent pain or distress
divestto deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title
remitto lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly
abstinencethe practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable
cloyingdisgusting or distasteful by reason of excess
looma frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace