GRE Word List
MERIT
a praiseworthy quality : virtue
The meaning of the word merit is a praiseworthy quality : virtue.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| belligerent | inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| comeback | a sharp or witty reply : retort |