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 |
|---|---|
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| historical | of, relating to, or having the character of history |
| ramp | a sloping way or plane: such as |
| kismet | fate |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| gnarl | snarl |