GRE Word List
DEMERIT
offense
The meaning of the word demerit is offense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |
| monogram | a sign of identity usually formed of the combined initials of a name |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| brook | creek |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |