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.

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WordMeaning
facadethe front of a building
crescendoa gradual increase
gentryupper or ruling class : aristocracy
necromancyconjuration (see conjure
cascadea steep usually small fall of water
malleablecapable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers
commemorateto call to remembrance
imponderablenot ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness
beneficialproducing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit
phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law