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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episodicmade up of separate especially loosely connected episodes
distillto let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate
reproveto scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent
sacrosanctmost sacred or holy : inviolable
gratiswithout charge or recompense : free
anachronisman error in chronology
bacchanaliaa Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry
nurturetraining
punitiveinflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment
sentimentalmarked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism