GRE Word List

QUICKSILVER

mercury

The meaning of the word quicksilver is mercury.

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brinkedge
implacablenot placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated
resignrelegate
clariona medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones
mergerthe absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment
whineto utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry
venoma toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect
grandeurthe quality or state of being grand : magnificence
eventualcontingent
paupera person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity