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 |
|---|---|
| meander | a winding path or course |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| implode | to burst inward |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
| spoof | deceive |
| granulate | to form or crystallize into grains or granules |
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |
| refrain | curb |