GRE Word List

MERIT

a praiseworthy quality : virtue

The meaning of the word merit is a praiseworthy quality : virtue.

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WordMeaning
soliloquythe act of talking to oneself
quaintpleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar
sonneta fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme
ribaldmarked by coarseness or lewdness : crude
palpablecapable of being touched or felt : tangible
vicaran ecclesiastical agent: such as
tensilecapable of tension : ductile
swaythe action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion
transcendentaltranscendent
celibateof, relating to, or characterized by celibacy: