GRE Word List
DEMERIT
offense
The meaning of the word demerit is offense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| roue | a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| perennial | present at all seasons of the year |
| environ | encircle |
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |