GRE Word List

POTABLE

suitable for drinking

The meaning of the word potable is suitable for drinking.

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discomposeto destroy the composure of
histrionicdeliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical
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intermittentcoming and going at intervals : not continuous
controvertto dispute or oppose by reasoning
detonationthe action or process of detonating
anticlimaxthe usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea
downcastlow in spirit : dejected
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