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 |
|---|---|
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| rare | seldom occurring or found : uncommon |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
| 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) |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| iridescent | having or exhibiting iridescence |
| imply | to express indirectly |
| larder | a place where food is stored : pantry |