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 |
|---|---|
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| pronounced | strongly marked : decided |
| symmetry | balanced proportions |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |
| congeal | to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold |
| outmoded | not being in style |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |