GRE Word List
DEMISE
death
The meaning of the word demise is death.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| laborious | involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |