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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| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |
| recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |
| flighty | swift |
| renovate | to restore to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing, or rebuilding) |
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |