GRE Word List
DEMISE
death
The meaning of the word demise is death.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| embrace | to clasp in the arms : hug |
| ecclesiastic | ecclesiastical |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |