2K+ Words That Rhyme With FIGURE-OF-MERIT

• any admirable quality or attribute

• the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)

• be worthy or deserving

• a mark against a person for misconduct or failure; usually given in school or armed forces

• the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection

• prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting

• the vital principle or animating force within living things

• the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

• a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character

• any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings

• the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection)

• the intended meaning of a communication

• animation and energy in action or expression

• an inclination or tendency of a certain kind

• infuse with spirit

• a person who is frightened and in need of help

• arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope

• desperately determined

• (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair

• showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort

• showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire

• fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless

• musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct

• domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits

• hound or harry relentlessly

• hunt with ferrets

• search and discover through persistent investigation

• usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds

• a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated

• repeat mindlessly

• a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense

• deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant

• perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions

• orange root; important source of carotene

• promise of reward as in "carrot and stick"

• lacking regard for the rights or feelings of others

• without proper consideration or reflection

• a cap with no brim or bill; made of soft cloth

• a unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg

• the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold

• approval

• money available for a client to borrow

• an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items

• used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise

• arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services

• recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours

• a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage

• an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work

• an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments

• give someone credit for something

• ascribe an achievement to

• enter as credit

• have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of

• something regarded with special favor or liking

• a special loved one

• a competitor thought likely to win

• appealing to the general public

• preferred above all others and treated with partiality

• To mark an item as a personal favorite on social media

• a young hare especially one in its first year

• something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)

• information known only to a special group

• something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained

• not open or public; kept private or not revealed

• conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

• not openly made known

• communicated covertly

• not expressed

• designed to elude detection

• hidden from general view or use

• (of information) given in confidence or in secret

• indulging only covertly

• having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding

• the next to highest level of official classification for documents

• the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold

• having two variables

• a word picture of a person's appearance and character

• any likeness of a person, in any medium

• the state of being held in low esteem

• cause to be distrusted or disbelieved

• damage the reputation of

• reject as false; refuse to accept

• a ceremonial dinner party for many people

• a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed

• provide a feast or banquet for

• partake in a feast or banquet

• someone who assists in a plot

• a supporter of the Confederate States of America

• a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)

• of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War

• united in a confederacy or league

• form a group or unite

• form a confederation with; of nations

• showing concern for the rights and feelings of others

• any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange

• an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole

• an organization regarded as part of a larger social group

• a single undivided whole

• a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else

• an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity

• Something being indicated that is there; one of those.

• (degree) To a given extent or degree.

• (degree) To a great extent or degree; very, particularly (in negative constructions).

• To such an extent; so. (in positive constructions).

• (demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction.

• The known (thing); used to refer to something just said.

• (demonstrative) The aforementioned quality or proposition; used to emphatically affirm or deny a previous statement or question.

• (relative) (plural that) Which, who; representing a subject, direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition.

• Used in place of relative adverbs such as where or when; often omitted.

• Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement.

• Introducing a subordinate clause expressing a reason or cause: because, in that.

• Introducing a subordinate clause that expresses an aim, purpose or goal ("final"), and usually contains the auxiliaries may, might or should: so, so that.

• Introducing — especially, but not exclusively, with an antecedent like so or such — a subordinate clause expressing a result, consequence or effect.

• Introducing a premise or supposition for consideration: seeing as; inasmuch as; given that; as would appear from the fact that.

• Introducing a subordinate clause modifying an adverb.

• Introducing an exclamation expressing a desire or wish.

• Introducing an exclamation expressing a strong emotion such as sadness or surprise.

• a projectile that is fired from a gun

• a high-speed passenger train

• (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity

• a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot

• a food made from roasted ground cacao beans

• a medium brown to dark-brown color

• make sense of; assign a meaning to

• give an interpretation or explanation to

• give an interpretation or rendition of

• create an image or likeness of

• restate (words) from one language into another language

• make sense of a language

• the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold

• the customers for a particular product or service

• a marketplace where groceries are sold

• the securities markets in the aggregate

• an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up

• engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of

• buy household supplies

• deal in a market

• make commercial

• a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour

• an indefinitely short time

• a particular point in time

• a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree

• a short note

• distance measured by the time taken to cover it

• infinitely or immeasurably small

• characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination

• interpret falsely

• interpret wrongly

• interpret in the wrong way

• (astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction

• a person who follows or serves another

• any celestial body (other than comets or satellites) that revolves around a star

• a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles

• an enclosed space

• a supply of money

• (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left

• a hollow concave shape made by removing something

• a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly

• a small isolated group of people

• (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)

• an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck

• put in one's pocket

• take unlawfully

• confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy

• an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines

• concerning things deeply private and personal

• concerning one person exclusively

• not expressed

• a reference point to shoot at

• a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence

• the location of the target that is to be hit

• sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at

• the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)

• intend (something) to move towards a certain goal

• a commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment)

• a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.

• a summons issued to an offender (especially to someone who violates a traffic regulation)

• a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices

• the appropriate or desirable thing

• record a fine as a penalty in a police record

• provide with a ticket for passage or admission

• prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting

• supervise the publication of

• cut and assemble the components of

• cut or eliminate

• in a habitual and longstanding manner

• habitual

• marked by complexity and richness of detail

• developed or executed with care and in minute detail

• add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

• produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product

• make more complex, intricate, or richer

• work out in detail

• someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own

• someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation

• a ship that is manned by pirates

• copy illegally; of published material

• take arbitrarily or by force

• an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band

• an established custom

• (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition

• a distinctive attire worn by a member of a religious order

• the general form or mode of growth (especially of a plant or crystal)

• attire that is typically worn by a horseback rider (especially a woman's attire)

• excessive use of drugs

• put a habit on

• the greatest possible degree of something

• final or latest limiting point

• as far as something can go

• the boundary of a specific area

• the mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity

• the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed

• place limits on (extent or amount or access)

• restrict or confine within limits

• decide upon or fix definitely

• the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another

• a particular environment or walk of life

• an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:

• the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom

• the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball

• move in an orbit

• the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

• the advantageous quality of being beneficial

• derive a benefit from

• make a profit; gain money or materially

• any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food

• the fur of a rabbit

• flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food

• hunt rabbits

• the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development

• the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)

• a meeting of heads of governments

• reach the summit (of a mountain)