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 |
|---|---|
| iridescent | having or exhibiting iridescence |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| pundit | pandit |
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| termination | end in time or existence : conclusion |
| vicar | an ecclesiastical agent: such as |
| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |