GRE Word List

QUICKSILVER

mercury

The meaning of the word quicksilver is mercury.

Random words

WordMeaning
retentivehaving the power, property, or capacity of retaining
friezea heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface
culminationthe action of culminating
casteone of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes
interveneto occur, fall, or come between points of time or events
kneadto work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands
terrestrialof or relating to the earth or its inhabitants
contumaciousstubbornly disobedient : rebellious
sophisticateddeprived of native or original simplicity: such as
skimto clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance