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 |
|---|---|
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| illusive | based on or producing illusion : illusory |
| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |
| resplendent | shining brilliantly : characterized by a glowing splendor |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| potion | a mixture of liquids (such as liquor or medicine) |