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.
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| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| verve | the spirit and enthusiasm animating artistic composition or performance : vivacity |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| adherent | one who adheres to something: such as |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
| unbridled | unrestrained |
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| cistern | an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater) |