GRE Word List
NEXUS
connection
The meaning of the word nexus is connection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| onomatopoeia | words formed in imitation of natural sounds |
| ascribe | refer; attribute; assign |
| alimony | payments made regularly to an ex-spouse after divorce |
| subterfuge | stratagem(deceptive scheme); pretense; evasion; Ex. resort to a harmless subterfuge |
| escapade | prank; flighty conduct; reckless adventure that disobeys rules |
| prolific | producing offspring or fruit in abundance; fertile; fecund; abundantly fruitful; producing abundant works; Ex. prolific writer |
| craven | cowardly |
| pretentious | ostentatious; showy; pompous; making unjustified claims; overambitious; Ex. pretentious films that claim to be art |
| secession | withdrawal; V. secede: withdraw formally from membership |
| melancholy | gloomy; morose; blue; N. ADJ. melancholic; CF. melancholia |
