GRE Word List
QUICKSILVER
mercury
The meaning of the word quicksilver is mercury.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sumptuous | extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| brand | a charred piece of wood |
| refulgent | a radiant or resplendent quality or state : brilliance |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| lottery | a drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance |
| bacchanalian | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |