GRE Word List
APOTHECARY
one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes
The meaning of the word apothecary is one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes.
Random words
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| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
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| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| dynamic | marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change |
| prolong | to lengthen in time : continue |
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| turncoat | one who switches to an opposing side or party |
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