GRE Word List
MERIT
a praiseworthy quality : virtue
The meaning of the word merit is a praiseworthy quality : virtue.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prosperous | auspicious |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
| chameleon | any of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal |
| grumble | to mutter in discontent |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| check | to inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |