GRE Word List
DEMUR
to take exception : object
The meaning of the word demur is to take exception : object.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |
| prodigy | a highly talented child or youth |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| dexterous | mentally adroit and skillful : clever |
| skimp | skimpy |
| coax | to influence or gently urge by caressing or flattering : wheedle |
| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class |