GRE Word List

DEMISE

death

The meaning of the word demise is death.

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WordMeaning
attenuateto lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken
pedestriancommonplace
deflectto turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction
repressto check by or as if by pressure : curb
irretrievablenot retrievable : impossible to regain or recover
specioushaving a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic
blueslow spirits : melancholy
coalitionthe act of coalescing : union
minusculevery small
retrogradehaving or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars