GRE Word List
DEMERIT
offense
The meaning of the word demerit is offense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inundate | overwhelm |
| wretch | a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune |
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| tawny | of the color tawny |
| apoplexy | stroke |
| rococo | rococo work or style |
| raiment | clothing |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |