GRE Word List
DEMUR
to take exception : object
The meaning of the word demur is to take exception : object.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| disconcert | to throw into confusion |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| nausea | a stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit |
| expound | to set forth : state |
| energize | to make energetic, vigorous, or active |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| espionage | the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |