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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| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| arboreal | of, relating to, or resembling a tree |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |