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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venom | a 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 |
converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
farce | stuff |
jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
satiate | filled to satiety |
esteem | the regard in which one is held |
craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
foible | the part of a sword or foil blade between the middle and point |