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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spendthrifta person who spends improvidently or wastefully
careera profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling
defectionconscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion
limberhaving a supple and resilient quality (as of mind or body) : agile
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decrepitwasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age
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