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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stoke | to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel |
| prolong | to lengthen in time : continue |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| warble | a melodious succession of low pleasing sounds |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |
| terminus | either end of a transportation line or travel route |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |