GRE Word List
QUICKSILVER
mercury
The meaning of the word quicksilver is mercury.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| outfit | the act of fitting out or equipping (as for a voyage or expedition) |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| acquittal | a setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, sentence, or other legal process |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| flamboyant | marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior |
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |