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.
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| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
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| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| compound | something formed by a union of elements or parts |
| convene | to come together in a body |
| waggish | resembling or characteristic of a wag |
| resign | relegate |
| refectory | a dining hall (as in a monastery or college) |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
