GRE Word List

QUICKSILVER

mercury

The meaning of the word quicksilver is mercury.

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providencedivine guidance or care
coiffurea style or manner of arranging the hair
unprepossessingnot tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing
autopsyan examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease
opiatean 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
dilettantea person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler
elaborationplanned or carried out with great care
bilkto block the free development of : frustrate
centigraderelating 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
incredulousunwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical