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 |
|---|---|
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| vigilant | alertly watchful especially to avoid danger |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| brawl | to quarrel or fight noisily : wrangle |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| unimpeachable | not impeachable: such as |
| brazen | made of brass |