GRE Word List
DEMERIT
offense
The meaning of the word demerit is offense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| omniscient | having infinite awareness, understanding, and insight |
| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| flip | to toss so as to cause to turn over in the air |
| affidavit | a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation (see affirmation |