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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| Word | Meaning |
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| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| compress | to press or squeeze together |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| misogynist | a person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |