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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| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
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| elevation | the height to which something is elevated: such as |
| embroider | to ornament with needlework |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| thrall | a state of servitude or submission |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |