GRE Word List
DEMERIT
offense
The meaning of the word demerit is offense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| remediable | capable of being remedied |
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| rumble | to make a low heavy rolling sound |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |