GRE Word List

NEXUS

connection

The meaning of the word nexus is connection.

Random words

WordMeaning
resumptionan act or instance of resuming : recommencement
duplicitycontradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action
parchmentthe skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on
repressto check by or as if by pressure : curb
ephemerallasting a very short time
screecha high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror
idioman expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way)
schismdivision
historicalof, relating to, or having the character of history
encomiasticone that praises : eulogist