GRE Word List

DEMISE

death

The meaning of the word demise is death.

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WordMeaning
withholdto hold back from action : check
aggregateformed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective
rationalean explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena
laboriousinvolving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous
obloquya strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language
officiousvolunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome
artifactsa usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object
contingentdependent on or conditioned by something else
specioushaving a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic
piquantengagingly provocative