GRE Word List

POTABLE

suitable for drinking

The meaning of the word potable is suitable for drinking.

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WordMeaning
tillerone that tills : cultivator
whorla drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle
pejorativea word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation
nepotismfavoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship
bedraggleto wet thoroughly
perpetuateto make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely
archetypethe original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype
makeshifta usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute
fineryornament
pithyconsisting of or abounding in pith