GRE Word List

DEMURE

reserved

The meaning of the word demure is reserved.

Random words

WordMeaning
spurnto reject with disdain or contempt : scorn
sluggarda habitually lazy person
precipicea very steep or overhanging place
meddlesomegiven to meddling
knella stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster)
queasycausing nausea
stipulateto make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear something : contract
gildto overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold
kneadto work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands
empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner