GRE Word List
DEMURE
reserved
The meaning of the word demure is reserved.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| craft | skill in planning, making, or executing : dexterity |
| fritter | a small mass of fried or sautéed batter often containing fruit or meat |
| license | permission to act |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| reverberate | reflect |