GRE Word List
DEMUR
to take exception : object
The meaning of the word demur is to take exception : object.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rip | to tear or split apart or open |
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| chameleon | any of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |