GRE Word List
MERIT
a praiseworthy quality : virtue
The meaning of the word merit is a praiseworthy quality : virtue.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| invalidate | to make invalid |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| impute | to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly |
| forthcoming | being about to appear or to be produced or made available |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| prosody | the study of versification |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |