GRE Word List
MERIT
a praiseworthy quality : virtue
The meaning of the word merit is a praiseworthy quality : virtue.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
| edifice | building |
| unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| nutrition | the act or process of nourishing or being nourished |
| rejuvenate | to make young or youthful again : give new vigor to |