GRE Word List

DEMISE

death

The meaning of the word demise is death.

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malignanttending to produce death or deterioration
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circleta little circle
precursorone that precedes and indicates the approach of another
chastiseto censure severely : castigate
remorsea gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach
sobrietythe quality or state of being sober
adulterateto corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element
egoisma doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action
windfallsomething (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind