GRE Word List
QUICKSILVER
mercury
The meaning of the word quicksilver is mercury.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| providence | divine guidance or care |
| coiffure | a style or manner of arranging the hair |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |