GRE Word List
DEMERIT
offense
The meaning of the word demerit is offense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abnegation | denial |
| bank | a mound, pile, or ridge raised above the surrounding level: such as |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| sensuous | of or relating to the senses or sensible objects |
| overturn | to cause to turn over : upset |
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |