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.
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| pontifical | episcopal attire |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
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| premeditate | to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand |
| covenant | a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact |
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| reaper | one that reaps |
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