GRE Word List
DEMISE
death
The meaning of the word demise is death.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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dynamic | energetic; vigorously active |
ingrate | ungrateful person (not expressing thanks) |
vapid | lacking liveliness; dull and unimaginative; insipid and flavorless; Ex. vapid lecture |
proliferate | grow rapidly (in numbers); spread; multiply; N. proliferation |
conventional | ordinary; typical; not nuclear; Ex. conventional weapons |
refectory | dining hall; room where meals are served (in a school) |
baleful | evil; malignant in intent or effect; deadly; having a malign influence; portending evil; ominous; threatening; Ex. baleful look |
pith | core or marrow; spongelike substance in the center of stems; essence; substance |
chancellor | legal official of high rank; CF. chancellery(chancellory): position of a chancellor |
jubilation | rejoicing; great joy |