GRE Word List
DEMERIT
offense
The meaning of the word demerit is offense.
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|---|---|
| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
| genre | a category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| denotation | an act or process of denoting |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| abet | to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan) |
| congeal | to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| obscure | dark |