GRE Word List
DEMISE
death
The meaning of the word demise is death.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| niggle | trifle |
| executor | one who executes something |
| palette | a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on |
| resurge | to undergo a resurgence |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| illicit | not permitted : unlawful |
| magisterial | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master or teacher : authoritative |