GRE Word List
DEMISE
death
The meaning of the word demise is death.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| margin | the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter |
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
| catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |
| fortitude | strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage |
| canny | clever |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
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| unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |