GRE Word List
DEMISE
death
The meaning of the word demise is death.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hubris | exaggerated pride or self-confidence |
| ramp | a sloping way or plane: such as |
| limber | having a supple and resilient quality (as of mind or body) : agile |
| sarcasm | a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain |
| endue | provide |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| poise | balance |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |