GRE Word List
DEMERIT
offense
The meaning of the word demerit is offense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| abase | to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem |
| 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 |
| swear-word | word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody'' |
| peccadillo | a slight offense |
| trickle | to issue or fall in drops |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| stealth | a cautious, unobtrusive, and secretive way of moving or proceeding intended to avoid detection |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |