GRE Word List
QUICKSILVER
mercury
The meaning of the word quicksilver is mercury.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| partiality | the quality or state of being partial : bias |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| oaf | a stupid person : boob |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| ragamuffin | a ragged often disreputable person |
| outgoing | going away : departing |
| lush | growing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage |
| galley | a ship or boat propelled solely or chiefly by oars: such as |