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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mirth | gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| civil | of or relating to citizens |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |
| rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |
| myopic | affected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted |
| disproportion | lack of proportion, symmetry, or proper relation : disparity |
| ominous | being or exhibiting an omen : portentous |
| limpid | marked by transparency (see transparent |