GRE Word List
DEMUR
to take exception : object
The meaning of the word demur is to take exception : object.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| religious | relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| rail | a bar extending from one post or support to another and serving as a guard or barrier |
| corroborate | to support with evidence or authority : make more certain |
| arraign | to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| sanguinary | bloodthirsty |