GRE Word List
DEMERIT
offense
The meaning of the word demerit is offense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| infantile | of or relating to infants or infancy |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| unsavory | insipid |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
| variegated | having discrete markings of different colors |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |