GRE Word List

DEMISE

death

The meaning of the word demise is death.

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WordMeaning
paradigmexample
nugatoryof little or no consequence : trifling
extantcurrently or actually existing
sensuousof or relating to the senses or sensible objects
quiescentmarked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest
apocalypticof, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse
arrearsthe state of being behind in the discharge of obligations
epigrama concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought
coniferany of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit
assurancethe state of being assured: such as