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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| congeal | to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| nocturnal | of, relating to, or occurring in the night |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| nauseate | to become affected with nausea |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |