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 |
|---|---|
| seduce | to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| vertigo | a sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily |
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |
| conflagration | fire |
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| simian | of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |