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 |
|---|---|
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| rustle | to make or cause a rustle |
| consonance | harmony or agreement among components |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| cosmic | of or relating to the cosmos, the extraterrestrial vastness, or the universe in contrast to the earth alone |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| stygian | of or relating to the river Styx |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |