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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| skiff | any of various small boats |
| jollity | the quality or state of being jolly : merriment |
| tepid | moderately warm : lukewarm |
| acne | a disorder of the skin caused by inflammation of the skin glands and hair follicles |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |