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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seduceto persuade to disobedience or disloyalty
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vertigoa sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily
squalorthe quality or state of being squalid
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makeshifta usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute
simianof, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes
levityexcessive or unseemly frivolity
squelchto fall or stamp on so as to crush