mere (
http://definr.com/mere)
adj 1: being nothing more than specified; "a mere child" [syn:
mere(a)]
2: apart from anything else; without additions or
modifications; "only the bare facts"; "shocked by the mere
idea"; "the simple passage of time was enough"; "the
simple truth" [syn:
bare(a),
mere(a),
simple(a)]
n : (British) a small pond of standing water