GRE Word List
MERIT
a praiseworthy quality : virtue
The meaning of the word merit is a praiseworthy quality : virtue.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| expatriate | banish |
| patrician | a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome |
| enduring | lasting |
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |
| repartee | a quick and witty reply |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| unfeigned | not feigned or hypocritical : genuine |
| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |