GRE Word List
QUICKSILVER
mercury
The meaning of the word quicksilver is mercury.
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| malaise | an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness |
| cardinal | a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college |
| outlandish | of or relating to another country : foreign |
| complement | something that fills up, completes, or makes better or perfect |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| tensile | capable of tension : ductile |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |