GRE Word List
DEMERIT
offense
The meaning of the word demerit is offense.
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| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| mellifluous | having a smooth rich flow |
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| facade | the front of a building |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
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