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 |
|---|---|
| uninhibited | free from inhibition |
| terminus | either end of a transportation line or travel route |
| severity | the quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| vanguard | the forefront of an action or movement |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| raucous | disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse |
| suture | a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body |
| haggard | not tamed |
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |