GRE Word List
DEMERIT
offense
The meaning of the word demerit is offense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| supersede | to cause to be set aside |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |
| chronicle | a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| smart | having or showing a high degree of mental ability : intelligent |