GRE Word List

QUICKSILVER

mercury

The meaning of the word quicksilver is mercury.

Random words

WordMeaning
chaffingthe seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain
plausiblesuperficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious
bulliongold or silver considered as so much metal
psychiatrista medical doctor who diagnoses and treats mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders : a specialist in psychiatry
doctrinea principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma
swillwash
solicitto make petition to : entreat
collagean artistic composition made of various materials (such as paper, cloth, or wood) glued on a surface
sybaritevoluptuary
agnostica person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable