GRE Word List
POTPOURRI
a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices that is usually kept in a jar and used for scent
The meaning of the word potpourri is a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices that is usually kept in a jar and used for scent.
Random words
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| residue | something that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process : remnant |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| molecule | the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| writhe | to twist into coils or folds |
| explicate | to give a detailed explanation of |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |