GRE Word List
DEMISE
death
The meaning of the word demise is death.
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| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| equity | justice according to natural law or right |
| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy : condole |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| trident | a 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune) |
| frenetic | marked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| diligence | steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity |
| impertinent | given to or characterized by insolent rudeness |