GRE Word List
POTABLE
suitable for drinking
The meaning of the word potable is suitable for drinking.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
| whorl | a 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 |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| bedraggle | to wet thoroughly |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| finery | ornament |
| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |