GRE Word List
DEMISE
death
The meaning of the word demise is death.
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| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
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| slake | subside |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| infallible | incapable of error : unerring |
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