GRE Word List
DEMUR
to take exception : object
The meaning of the word demur is to take exception : object.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
| demean | to lower in character, status, or reputation |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| sheer | unqualified |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| bolt | a lightning stroke |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |