GRE Word List
DEMISE
death
The meaning of the word demise is death.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| equanimity | evenness of mind especially under stress |
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| husband | a male partner in a marriage |
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| polyglot | one who is polyglot |
| coda | a concluding musical section that is formally distinct from the main structure |