GRE Word List
MERIT
a praiseworthy quality : virtue
The meaning of the word merit is a praiseworthy quality : virtue.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| eclipse | the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another |
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| gentle | free from harshness, sternness, or violence |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| precipitant | precipitate |
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