GRE Word List
DEMURE
(of a woman or child) grave; quiet and serious; coy; pretending to be demure
The meaning of the word demure is (of a woman or child) grave; quiet and serious; coy; pretending to be demure.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| swell | long wave of water that moves continuously without breaking; V. |
| anonymity | state of being nameless; anonymousness; ADJ. anonymous |
| truism | self-evident truth |
| philanthropist | lover of mankind; doer of good; N. philanthropy |
| debilitate | weaken (esp. through heat, hunger, illness); enfeeble |
| woe | great sorrow; deep inconsolable grief; affliction; suffering; Ex. financial woes |
| preclude | make impossible; prevent; exclude; eliminate |
| anathema | solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse; V. anathematize |
| archipelago | group of closely located islands |
| problematic | causing a problem; open to doubt; doubtful; unsettled; questionable; Ex. Whether the arena will ever be completed is problematic. |
