GRE Word List
DEMERIT
offense
The meaning of the word demerit is offense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
| dainty | something delicious to the taste |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| vie | to strive for superiority : contend |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| snivel | to run at the nose |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| inclusive | broad in orientation or scope |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |