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 |
|---|---|
| privy | private |
| retiring | reserved |
| bank | a mound, pile, or ridge raised above the surrounding level: such as |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| bereaved | suffering the death of a loved one |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| chary | discreetly cautious: such as |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| lookout | one engaged in keeping watch : watchman |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |