GRE Word List
MERCURIAL
of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury
The meaning of the word mercurial is of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| chore | the regular or daily light work of a household or farm |
| lackluster | lacking in sheen, brilliance, or vitality : dull |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| abject | sunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe |
| selective | of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select |
| leave-taking | departure |
| conventional | formed by agreement or compact |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
| knit | to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles |