GRE Word List
DEMEANOR
behavior toward others : outward manner
The meaning of the word demeanor is behavior toward others : outward manner.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| denotation | an act or process of denoting |
| impenetrable | incapable of being penetrated or pierced |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |