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 |
|---|---|
| tirade | a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language |
| prestige | standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion |
| mystic | mystical |
| charlatan | quack |
| halcyon | characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden |
| stigma | a mark of shame or discredit : stain |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |