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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| woe | a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| spontaneity | the quality or state of being spontaneous |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| shove | to push along |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| ursine | of or relating to a bear or the bear family (Ursidae) |
| aspire | to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal |