GRE Word List
DEMUR
to take exception : object
The meaning of the word demur is to take exception : object.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| wane | to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle |
| mote | a small particle : speck |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| regicide | a person who kills a king |
| scion | descendant |
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| elusive | tending to elude: such as |