GRE Word List
DEMONIAC
possessed or influenced by a demon
The meaning of the word demoniac is possessed or influenced by a demon.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| random | a haphazard course |
| legend | a story coming down from the past |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| verbatim | in the exact words : word for word |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |