GRE Word List
DEMISE
death
The meaning of the word demise is death.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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ramification | branch |
tirade | a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language |
avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
abeyance | a state of temporary inactivity : suspension |
shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
bivouac | a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter |
ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
skittish | lively or frisky in action : capricious |