GRE Word List

DEMISE

death

The meaning of the word demise is death.

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WordMeaning
decrepitwasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age
portlydignified
deferencerespect and esteem due a superior or an elder
serebeing dried and withered
embezzlementto appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
subversivethe act of subverting : the state of being subverted
swarma great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere
salaciousarousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination
recreantcrying for mercy : cowardly
meagerhaving little flesh : thin