GRE Word List
QUICKSILVER
mercury
The meaning of the word quicksilver is mercury.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| impuissance | weakness |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| sheer | unqualified |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| egregious | conspicuous |
| disjointed | being thrown out of orderly function |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| kernel | the inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |