GRE Word List
QUICKSILVER
mercury
The meaning of the word quicksilver is mercury.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| charisma | a personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty or enthusiasm for a public figure (such as a political leader) |
| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |
| constitution | the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| diadem | crown |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| aboriginal | being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region |