GRE Word List
QUICKSILVER
mercury
The meaning of the word quicksilver is mercury.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| deposition | a testifying especially before a court |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| stamp | to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument |
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| physiognomy | the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |