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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| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| feebleminded | impaired in intellectual ability : affected with intellectual disability |
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
| altruistic | relating to or given to altruism: |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |
| renounce | to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |
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| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |