GRE Word List
POTABLE
suitable for drinking
The meaning of the word potable is suitable for drinking.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| coda | a concluding musical section that is formally distinct from the main structure |
| declivity | downward inclination |
| consign | to give over to another's care |
| nebula | any of numerous clouds of gas or dust in interstellar space |
| traduce | to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |