GRE Word List
POTABLE
suitable for drinking
The meaning of the word potable is suitable for drinking.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| miscellaneous | consisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous |
| indiscriminate | not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment |
| abusive | using harsh, insulting language |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| adore | to worship or honor as a deity or as divine |
| coma | a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison |