GRE Word List
QUICKSILVER
mercury
The meaning of the word quicksilver is mercury.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| fraudulent | characterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| jostle | to come in contact or into collision |