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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| blase | apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary |
| sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |
| seep | to flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings : ooze |
| stilted | pompous |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
| succulent | full of juice : juicy |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| withdrawn | removed from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated |