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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pronounced | strongly marked : decided |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| entree | the act or manner of entering : entrance |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |