noun a sweetened, aromatic solution of alcohol and water used as a vehicle for medicines.The drug’s active ingredients are now combined with the elixir. See the full entry
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tightly
adverb in a firm, close, or secure way.The scarf was wrapped too tightly around her neck. See the full entry
philosophical
adjective of or pertaining to the nature and principles of knowledge, truth, existence, and moral and aesthetic values.Scholars of the Renaissance were interested in the philosophical ideas of the ancient Greeks and…
informant
noun one who reports or confides what he or she knows to another; source.An informant told the police where the suspect was hiding.They threatened to put her in prison herself if she…