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 |
|---|---|
| fodder | something fed to domestic animals |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| amorphous | having no definite form : shapeless |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| besiege | to surround with armed forces |
| appellation | an identifying name or title : designation |
| befuddle | to muddle or stupefy with or as if with drink |
| trigger | a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it |