GRE Word List

DEMERIT

offense

The meaning of the word demerit is offense.

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patriarchone of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people
ellipsisthe omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete
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expatriatebanish
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depositiona testifying especially before a court
clariona medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones
gruelingtrying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing