GRE Word List

DEMURE

reserved

The meaning of the word demure is reserved.

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WordMeaning
temperatehaving a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature
authoritarianof, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority
bouillona clear seasoned soup made usually from lean beef
hirelinga person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives
slapto strike sharply with or as if with the open hand
venialof a kind that can be remitted : forgivable
piscatorialpiscatory
defrayto provide for the payment of : pay
hurtleto move rapidly or forcefully
alchemya medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life