GRE Word List
MERIT
a praiseworthy quality : virtue
The meaning of the word merit is a praiseworthy quality : virtue.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| connivance | the act of conniving |
| statute | a law enacted by the legislative branch of a government |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |