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 |
|---|---|
| endemic | belonging or native to a particular people or country |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| quotidian | occurring every day |
| decollete | wearing a strapless or low-necked dress |
| lechery | inordinate (see inordinate |
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| brink | edge |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |