GRE Word List
MERIT
a praiseworthy quality : virtue
The meaning of the word merit is a praiseworthy quality : virtue.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| concur | to express agreement |
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel |
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| gloss | a surface luster or brightness : shine |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| listless | characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| papyrus | a tall perennial sedge (Cyperus papyrus) of the Nile valley |