GRE Word List
DEMOGRAPHIC
the statistical characteristics of human populations (such as age or income) used especially to identify markets
The meaning of the word demographic is the statistical characteristics of human populations (such as age or income) used especially to identify markets.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expansive | having a capacity or a tendency to expand |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| repeal | to rescind or annul by authoritative act |
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| legacy | a gift by will especially of money or other personal property : bequest |