GRE Word List

DEMISE

death

The meaning of the word demise is death.

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WordMeaning
penitentfeeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant
vividvery strong : very high in chroma
hysteriaa psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral
rouea man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake
bara straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening)
satiricalof, relating to, or constituting satire
accelerateto move faster : to gain speed
imperturbablemarked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness : serene
metaphora figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)
proximitythe quality or state of being proximate : closeness