GRE Word List
DEMISE
death
The meaning of the word demise is death.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tutelary | having the guardianship of a person or a thing |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
| mishap | an unfortunate accident |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| daunt | to lessen the courage of : cow |
| stump | the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed |