GRE Word List
QUICKSILVER
mercury
The meaning of the word quicksilver is mercury.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| brink | edge |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| resign | relegate |
| clarion | a medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
| eventual | contingent |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |