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 |
|---|---|
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
| herald | an official at a tournament of arms (see arm |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| arid | excessively dry |
| blemish | to spoil by a flaw |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| embark | to go on board a vehicle for transportation |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| don | to put on (an article of clothing) |
| righteous | acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin |