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 |
|---|---|
| nuance | a subtle distinction or variation |
| indelible | that cannot be removed, washed away, or erased |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| stoke | to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |