GRE Word List
DEMURE
reserved
The meaning of the word demure is reserved.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ashen | of, relating to, or made from ash wood |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| debut | a first appearance |
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
| pedestrian | commonplace |
| blase | apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary |
| quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |