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 |
|---|---|
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |
| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |
| veracious | truthful |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| piebald | composed of incongruous parts |
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| assay | to analyze (something, such as an ore) for one or more specific components |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| jaded | fatigued by overwork : exhausted |