GRE Word List
MERIT
a praiseworthy quality : virtue
The meaning of the word merit is a praiseworthy quality : virtue.
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| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
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| contrive | devise |
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| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |
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