GRE Word List
DEMISE
death
The meaning of the word demise is death.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |