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 |
|---|---|
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| lottery | a drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance |
| reverberate | reflect |
| resign | relegate |
| adroit | having or showing skill, cleverness, or resourcefulness in handling situations |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |