GRE Word List
DEMERIT
offense
The meaning of the word demerit is offense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prattle | prate |
| slack | not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| dummy | a person who is incapable of speaking |
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| fluctuate | to shift back and forth uncertainly |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |