GRE Word List

DEMISE

death

The meaning of the word demise is death.

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WordMeaning
jovialcharacterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly
prognosisthe prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case
alchemya medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life
cadavera dead body
insularitycharacteristic of an isolated people
scorchto burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture
insensibleincapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as
agapewide open : gaping
insurrectionan act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government
forumthe marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business