It's super funny to find out you've been using a fancy word because you think you're smart and always right... and you've been using it wrong! Or not!
elutriate
[ih-loo-tree-eyt]
Word Origin
verb (used with object), elutriated, elutriating.
1. to purify by washing and straining or decanting.
2. to separate the light and heavy particles of by washing.
levigate
[verb lev-i-geyt; adjective lev-i-git, -geyt]
Word Origin
verb (used with object), levigated, levigating.
1. to rub, grind, or reduce to a fine powder, as in a mortar, with or without the addition of a liquid.
2. Chemistry. to make a homogeneous mixture of, as gels. adjective
3. Botany. having a smooth, glossy surface; glabrous."
verb (chem)
1. (transitive) to grind into a fine powder or a smooth paste
2. to form or cause to form a homogeneous mixture, as in the production of gels
3. (transitive) to suspend (fine particles) by grinding in a liquid, esp as a method of separating fine from coarse particles
adjective
4. (botany) having a smooth polished surface; glabrous
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