GRE Word List
MERIT
a praiseworthy quality : virtue
The meaning of the word merit is a praiseworthy quality : virtue.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| industrious | constantly, regularly, or habitually active or occupied : diligent |
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| urchin | hedgehog |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |