The Word of the Day podcast for September 22nd.
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Today's word is nemesis, spelled N-E-M-E-S-I-S.
Nemesis is a noun.
And nemesis is a formidable foe, an opponent or enemy who is very difficult to defeat.
As a proper noun, nemesis with a capital N refers to the Greek goddess of vengeance.
Here's the word used in a sentence from space.com.
There were never any doubts about the man playing He-Man's nemesis, Skeletor.
Frank Langella, had caught Goddard's eye in Amadeus on Broadway and, buried under some impressive makeup,
relished the opportunity to ham it up as Eternia's villain-in-chief.
Nemesis was the Greek goddess of vengeance, a deity who doled out rewards for noble acts and punishment for evil ones.