GRE Word List
QUICKSILVER
mercury
The meaning of the word quicksilver is mercury.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| flush | to fly away suddenly |
| lustrous | reflecting light evenly and efficiently without glitter or sparkle |
| dilapidated | decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse |
| inclement | lacking mildness: such as |
| resilient | characterized or marked by resilience: such as |