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 |
|---|---|
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| nominal | of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction |
| charisma | a personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty or enthusiasm for a public figure (such as a political leader) |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| phenomena | phenomenon |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |