GRE Word List
DEMERIT
offense
The meaning of the word demerit is offense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| vendor | one that vends : seller |
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| ethos | the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution |
| gestate | to carry in the uterus during pregnancy |
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |