GRE Word List
MERETRICIOUS
of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution
The meaning of the word meretricious is of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
| betroth | to promise to marry |
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| rhapsody | a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation |
| tutelary | having the guardianship of a person or a thing |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |