GRE Word List
DEMURE
reserved
The meaning of the word demure is reserved.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| ebullient | boiling |
| hut | an often small and temporary dwelling of simple construction : shack |
| 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 |
| disarray | a lack of order or sequence : confusion |
| versatile | embracing a variety of subjects, fields, or skills |
| garner | to gather into storage |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |