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

WordMeaning
pontificalepiscopal attire
quagmiresoft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot
recantto withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce
premeditateto think about and revolve in the mind beforehand
covenanta usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact
billowwave
assailto attack violently : assault
reaperone that reaps
balefuldeadly or pernicious in influence
dispiritedto deprive of morale or enthusiasm