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 |
|---|---|
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| eccentricity | the quality or state of being eccentric |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| orientation | the act or process of orienting or of being oriented |
| embroider | to ornament with needlework |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| defalcate | deduct |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |