GRE Word List
DEMERIT
offense
The meaning of the word demerit is offense.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| forlorn | bereft |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| favoritism | the showing of special favor : partiality |
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
| ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |
| disparity | a noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity |