GRE Word List
MERIT
a praiseworthy quality : virtue
The meaning of the word merit is a praiseworthy quality : virtue.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fauna | animal life |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |
| volley | the flight of the ball (as in volleyball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground |
| viscous | having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| studied | carefully considered or prepared : thoughtful |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |