GRE Word List
MERIT
a praiseworthy quality : virtue
The meaning of the word merit is a praiseworthy quality : virtue.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mannered | having manners of a specified kind |
| buoyant | having buoyancy |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| comeback | a sharp or witty reply : retort |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| pliant | pliable |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
| patronize | to act as patron of : provide aid or support for |