GRE Word List
QUICKSILVER
mercury
The meaning of the word quicksilver is mercury.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| dire | exciting horror |
| remittance | a sum of money remitted |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |