Meretricious vs meritorious

Meretricious and meritorious are two words that are often confused. We will look at the difference in meaning between meretricious and meritorious, where these words come from and some examples of their use in sentences.Meretricious describes something that is superficially attractive, garish, something attractive that has no actual value. Meretricious also means insincere. The word […]
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