GRE Word List

DEMURE

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The meaning of the word demure is reserved.

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WordMeaning
momentoushaving great or lasting importance : consequential
tribulationdistress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution
martyra person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion
beleaguerbesiege
irrefutableimpossible to refute : incontrovertible
artificeclever or artful skill : ingenuity
mendaciousgiven to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth
indigencea level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking
aghaststruck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset
pento shut in or as if in a pen