GRE Word List
DEMISE
death
The meaning of the word demise is death.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
rickety | affected with rickets |
recipient | one that receives : receiver |
rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
paramour | lover |
conjure | to charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly |
disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |
rational | having reason or understanding |