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 |
|---|---|
| vital | of the utmost importance |
| anthropomorphic | described or thought of as having a human form or human attributes |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| olfactory | of or relating to the sense of smell |
| plutocracy | government by the wealthy |
| trickle | to issue or fall in drops |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |