GRE Word List
DEMUR
to take exception : object
The meaning of the word demur is to take exception : object.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| misgivings | a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| reverie | daydream |
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |
| pivotal | of, relating to, or constituting a pivot |