GRE Word List
DEMURE
reserved
The meaning of the word demure is reserved.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| bouillon | a clear seasoned soup made usually from lean beef |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| slap | to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
| alchemy | a 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 |