GRE Word List
MERIT
a praiseworthy quality : virtue
The meaning of the word merit is a praiseworthy quality : virtue.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| artless | lacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |