GRE Word List

DEMURE

reserved

The meaning of the word demure is reserved.

Random words

WordMeaning
emaciatedvery thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness
comelypleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion
decorumliterary and dramatic propriety : fitness
reprisea musical repetition:
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
bristlea short stiff coarse hair or filament
facetany of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration)
ossifyto change into bone
occludeto close up or block off : obstruct
afflictiona cause of persistent pain or distress