GRE Word List
MERIT
a praiseworthy quality : virtue
The meaning of the word merit is a praiseworthy quality : virtue.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| sow | an adult female swine |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| quirk | an abrupt twist or curve |
| stodgy | having a rich filling quality : heavy |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |
| relevant | having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand |