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 |
|---|---|
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| industrious | constantly, regularly, or habitually active or occupied : diligent |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| appease | pacify |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |