GRE Word List
QUICKSILVER
mercury
The meaning of the word quicksilver is mercury.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sarcasm | a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| brandish | to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |
| queasy | causing nausea |
| accoutre | to provide with equipment or furnishings : outfit |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| combustible | capable of combustion |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |