GRE Word List
DEMURE
reserved
The meaning of the word demure is reserved.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| candor | unreserved, honest, or sincere expression : forthrightness |
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |
| chapel | a subordinate or private place of worship: such as |
| swamp | a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |
| beware | to be on one's guard |
| aperture | an opening or open space : hole |
| amend | to put right |