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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| cogitate | to ponder or meditate on usually intently |
| feature | the structure, form, or appearance especially of a person |
| pedestrian | commonplace |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |
| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |