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Intrinsic :: Intrinsic (a.) Inward; internal; hence, true; genuine; real; essential; inherent; not merely apparent or accidental; -- opposed to extrinsic; as, the intrinsic value of gold or silver; the intrinsic merit of an action; the intrinsic worth or goodness of a person..

Merit :: Merit (n.) Esp. in a good sense: The quality or state of deserving well; worth; excellence.

Purgatory :: Purgatory (n.) A state or place of purification after death; according to the Roman Catholic creed, a place, or a state believed to exist after death, in which the souls of persons are purified by expiating such offenses committed in this life as do not merit eternal damnation, or in which they fully satisfy the justice of God for sins that have been forgiven. After this purgation from the impurities of sin, the souls are believed to be received into heaven..

Meritot :: Meritot (n.) A play of children, in swinging on ropes, or the like, till they are dizzy..

Worthy :: Worthy (n.) Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous.

Ordinary :: Ordinary (a.) Of common rank, quality, or ability; not distinguished by superior excellence or beauty; hence, not distinguished in any way; commonplace; inferior; of little merit; as, men of ordinary judgment; an ordinary book..

Unworthy :: Unworthy (a.) Not worthy; wanting merit, value, or fitness; undeserving; worthless; unbecoming; -- often with of..

Adulation :: Adulation (n.) Servile flattery; praise in excess, or beyond what is merited..

Virtue :: Virtue (n.) Excellence; value; merit; meritoriousness; worth.

Protomerite :: Protomerite (n.) The second segment of one of the Gregarinae.

Meritorious :: Meritorious (a.) Possessing merit; deserving of reward or honor; worthy of recompense; valuable.

Undeserver :: Undeserver (n.) One of no merit; one who is nor deserving or worthy.

Worthily :: Worthily (adv.) In a worthy manner; excellently; deservedly; according to merit; justly; suitably; becomingly.

Pay :: Pay (v. t.) Hence, figuratively: To compensate justly; to requite according to merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or retaliate upon..

Gudgeon :: Gudgeon (n.) What may be got without skill or merit.

Testamur :: Testamur (n.) A certificate of merit or proficiency; -- so called from the Latin words, Ita testamur, with which it commences..

Approvable :: Approvable (a.) Worthy of being approved; meritorious.

Desertful :: Desertful (a.) Meritorious.

Plutus :: Plutus (n.) The son of Jason and Ceres, and the god of wealth. He was represented as bearing a cornucopia, and as blind, because his gifts were bestowed without discrimination of merit..

Earn :: Earn (v. t.) To merit or deserve, as by labor or service; to do that which entitles one to (a reward, whether the reward is received or not)..

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