GRE Word List

DEMERIT

offense

The meaning of the word demerit is offense.

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WordMeaning
disbandto break up the organization of : dissolve
tartagreeably sharp or acid to the taste
hostagea person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement
bristlea short stiff coarse hair or filament
terminuseither end of a transportation line or travel route
moleculethe smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property
adoreto worship or honor as a deity or as divine
interloperone that interlopes: such as
prophylacticguarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection
insatiableincapable of being satisfied : quenchless