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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| touching | capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion |
| bestow | to put to use : apply |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| ragamuffin | a ragged often disreputable person |