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 |
|---|---|
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| psychopathic | of, relating to, or characterized by psychopathy |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |
| executioner | one who executes |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |