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 |
|---|---|
| insensible | incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as |
| acrimonious | angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner |
| docket | a brief written summary of a document : abstract |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |
| valid | having legal efficacy or force |
| query | question |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |