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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| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
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| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| verity | the quality or state of being true or real |
| pungent | sharply painful |
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| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
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