GRE Word List
DEMURE
reserved
The meaning of the word demure is reserved.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| latitude | angular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: such as |
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| fake | not true, real, or genuine : counterfeit |
| fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| terminology | the technical or special terms used in a business, art, science, or special subject |
| equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |