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

WordMeaning
cadencethe beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity
shavingthe act of one that shaves
propinquitynearness of blood : kinship
mordantbiting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive
recriminationa retaliatory accusation
kindleto start (a fire) burning : light
elaborationplanned or carried out with great care
wizenedto become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality
cavalcadea procession (see procession
vicissitudethe quality or state of being changeable : mutability