GRE Word List
NEXUS
connection
The meaning of the word nexus is connection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| anguish | acute pain; extreme suffering |
| punctilious | minutely attentive (perhaps too much so) to fine points; stressing niceties of conduct or form; N. punctilio, punctiliousness: careful attention payed to every small exact detail |
| piety | devoutness; reverence for God; ADJ. pious |
| scale | climb up; ascend; remove or come off in scales; N: flake of epidermis; ascending or descending series of musical tones |
| stagnant | (of water) not flowing (often bad-smelling); motionless; stale; not developing; inactive; dull; Ex. stagnant industrial output |
| chauvinist | blindly devoted patriot; zealous adherent of a group, cause, or sex; ADJ. chauvinistic; CF. chauvinism; Nicolas Chauvin |
| bilious | suffering from indigestion; sick from having too much bile; irritable; easily irritated |
| mangy | shabby; wretched; suffering from mange; of bad appearance |
| romp | play or frolic boisterously; gambol; N. |
| malevolent | wishing evil; exhibiting ill will; N. malevolence |