GRE Word List
MERCANTILE
of or relating to merchants or trading
The meaning of the word mercantile is of or relating to merchants or trading.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| fauna | animal life |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| dynamo | generator |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |