GRE Word List
DEMURE
reserved
The meaning of the word demure is reserved.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| candor | unreserved, honest, or sincere expression : forthrightness |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| saboteur | one that practices sabotage |
| abjure | to renounce upon oath |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
| upright | perpendicular |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |