GRE Word List
QUICKSILVER
mercury
The meaning of the word quicksilver is mercury.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| genus | a class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic |
| distend | extend |
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
| vertex | the top of the head |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| delirium | an acute (see acute |