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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|---|---|
| misadventure | misfortune |
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| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |
| piebald | composed of incongruous parts |
| centigrade | relating 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 |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| grimace | a facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain |
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |
| extrovert | a person whose personality is characterized by extroversion : a typically gregarious and unreserved person who enjoys and seeks out social interaction |
| mollify | to soothe in temper or disposition : appease |