GRE Word List
DEMERIT
offense
The meaning of the word demerit is offense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| parley | to speak with another : confer |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| enhance | heighten |
| estranged | having lost former closeness and affection : in a state of alienation from a previous close or familial relationship |
| antiquated | outmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted |
| airy | of or relating to air : atmospheric |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| hereafter | after this in sequence or in time |