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 |
|---|---|
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| canny | clever |
| kudos | praise given for achievement |
| anoint | to smear or rub with oil or an oily substance |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| capricious | governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive |
| inequity | injustice |
| primal | original |
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