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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| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
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| mettle | vigor and strength of spirit or temperament (see temperament |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| writhe | to twist into coils or folds |