GRE Word List

DEMEANOR

behavior toward others : outward manner

The meaning of the word demeanor is behavior toward others : outward manner.

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punctiliousmarked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions
venoma toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect
sundryincluding many things of different kinds : miscellaneous
contentiona point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument
diligencesteady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity
precipitantprecipitate
tribunea Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates
forumthe marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business
phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law
tritehackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original