GRE Word List
DEMISE
death
The meaning of the word demise is death.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| transmute | to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form |
| pharisee | a 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 |
| ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| stink | to emit a strong offensive odor |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| graduate | to receive an academic degree or diploma |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |