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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celibateof, relating to, or characterized by celibacy:
digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
formalitycompliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony
coincidencethe act or condition of coinciding : correspondence
massthe liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist
bruisean injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point
omnipresentpresent in all places at all times
bigota person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices
banteringto speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner