adj.
Mere is used with these nouns: ↑ accident , ↑ bravado , ↑ caricature , ↑ chance , ↑ coincidence , ↑ conjecture , ↑ curiosity , ↑ existence , ↑ fact , ↑ fantasy , ↑ formality , ↑ fraction , ↑ handful , ↑ illusion , ↑ imitation , ↑ inconvenience , ↑ instrument , ↑ mention , ↑ mortal , ↑ presence , ↑ puppet , ↑ reflection , ↑ rhetoric , ↑ second , ↑ spectator , ↑ speculation , ↑ suggestion , ↑ supposition , ↑ talk , ↑ technicality , ↑ trickle , ↑ whim , ↑ whisper