GRE Word List
DEMERIT
offense
The meaning of the word demerit is offense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| appropriate | especially suitable or compatible : fitting |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |
| tread | to step or walk on or over |
| exegesis | exposition |
| cosmic | of or relating to the cosmos, the extraterrestrial vastness, or the universe in contrast to the earth alone |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| soar | to fly aloft or about |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |