GRE Word List

POTABLE

suitable for drinking

The meaning of the word potable is suitable for drinking.

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attributea quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something
placeboa usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder
hauntto visit often : frequent
warpa series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft
ingenioushaving or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving
syllogisma deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")
soothsayera person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator
precludeto make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance
trenchantkeen
morguea place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy