GRE Word List

DEMISE

death

The meaning of the word demise is death.

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recalcitrantobstinately defiant of authority or restraint
crossa structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution
emollientmaking soft or supple
wantonmerciless
amnesialoss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness
circumventto manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem
shunto avoid deliberately and especially habitually
dumbfoundto confound (see confound
whetto sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone)
coteriean intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose