GRE Word List
MERIT
a praiseworthy quality : virtue
The meaning of the word merit is a praiseworthy quality : virtue.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
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| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |
| ossify | to change into bone |
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| ebullient | boiling |