GRE Word List
MERIT
a praiseworthy quality : virtue
The meaning of the word merit is a praiseworthy quality : virtue.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| misgivings | a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| partiality | the quality or state of being partial : bias |
| refulgent | a radiant or resplendent quality or state : brilliance |
| concurrent | operating or occurring at the same time |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |