GRE Word List
DEMISE
death
The meaning of the word demise is death.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inebriate | one who is drunk |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| bohemian | a native or inhabitant of Bohemia |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |
| congenital | existing at or dating from birth |
| militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| unassuaged | not quenched, eased, or satisfied : not assuaged |