GRE Word List
DEMISE
death
The meaning of the word demise is death.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fortitude | strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| servile | of or befitting a menial position |
| soar | to fly aloft or about |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| corrugated | having corrugations |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |
| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |
| ennui | a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom |
| rusticate | to go into or reside in the country : follow a rustic life |