GRE Word List
POTABLE
suitable for drinking
The meaning of the word potable is suitable for drinking.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| attribute | a quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| haunt | to visit often : frequent |
| warp | a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft |
| ingenious | having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving |
| syllogism | a 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") |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| trenchant | keen |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |