GRE Word List
MERIT
a praiseworthy quality : virtue
The meaning of the word merit is a praiseworthy quality : virtue.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| maroon | a dark red |
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| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| comprise | to be made up of |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| flowery | of, relating to, or resembling flowers |
| proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |
| cartographer | one that makes maps |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |