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 |
|---|---|
| bewitch | to influence or affect especially injuriously by witchcraft |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| abject | sunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |