GRE Word List

DEMURE

reserved

The meaning of the word demure is reserved.

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WordMeaning
sophistrysubtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation
minusculevery small
cohereto hold together firmly as parts of the same mass
arrogancean attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions
imperialof, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor
dorsalan ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar
ethnicof or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background
remediablecapable of being remedied
pterodactylany of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition
raspto rub with something rough