GRE Word List
MERIT
a praiseworthy quality : virtue
The meaning of the word merit is a praiseworthy quality : virtue.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| shove | to push along |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| nauseous | causing nausea or disgust : nauseating |
| devoid | being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| viscous | having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |