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 |
|---|---|
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| muse | to become absorbed in thought |
| dys- | abnormal |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| rhapsodize | to speak or write in a rhapsodic manner |
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |