GRE Word List
DEMURE
reserved
The meaning of the word demure is reserved.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| retribution | recompense |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| rare | seldom occurring or found : uncommon |
| leery | suspicious |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
| innate | existing in, belonging to, or determined by factors present in an individual from birth : native |