GRE Word List
MERIT
deserve; ADJ. meritorious: deserving reward or praise
The meaning of the word merit is deserve; ADJ. meritorious: deserving reward or praise.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| titillate | tickle; excite pleasantly; Ex. not to titillate the audience but to enlighten it |
| tundra | rolling treeless plain in Siberia and arctic North America |
| compulsive | resulting from compulsion |
| covert | secret; hidden; implied; OP. overt |
| inter | bury; N. interment |
| berserk | mad with violent anger; frenzied; madly excited |
| superannuated | retired or disqualified because of age; outmoded; obsolete |
| coroner | public official who investigates any death thought to be of other than natural causes |
| elixir | cure-all; panacea; something invigorating |
| caliber | ability; quality; diameter of the inside of a round cylinder; Ex. work of very high caliber |
