GRE Word List
DEMERIT
offense
The meaning of the word demerit is offense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| ignominy | deep personal humiliation and disgrace |
| alimentary | of or relating to nourishment or nutrition |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| outlook | a place offering a view |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |