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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| provenance | origin |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| vulpine | of, relating to, or resembling a fox |
| residue | something that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process : remnant |
| concord | a state of agreement : harmony |
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |