GRE Word List
ALCHEMY
a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life
The meaning of the word alchemy is a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| prime | the second of the canonical hours |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| disinclination | a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion |
| fake | not true, real, or genuine : counterfeit |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| loft | an upper room or floor : attic |