GRE Word List
DEMURE
reserved
The meaning of the word demure is reserved.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| pine | any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals |
| recast | to cast again |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| jubilation | an act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| plane | airplane |