GRE Word List
DEMUR
to take exception : object
The meaning of the word demur is to take exception : object.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| blithe | lacking due thought or consideration : casual |
| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| buttress | a projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |
| saturate | to satisfy fully : satiate |
| disheveled | marked by disorder or disarray |