GRE Word List
ELIXIR
a substance held capable of changing base metals into gold
The meaning of the word elixir is a substance held capable of changing base metals into gold.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| iota | an infinitesimal amount : jot |
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| converse | to exchange thoughts and opinions in speech : talk |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |