GRE Word List
MERIT
a praiseworthy quality : virtue
The meaning of the word merit is a praiseworthy quality : virtue.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| fulcrum | prop |
| titanic | having great magnitude, force, or power : colossal |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| nimble | quick and light in motion : agile |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| mannered | having manners of a specified kind |