GRE Word List
DEMURE
reserved
The meaning of the word demure is reserved.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| soar | to fly aloft or about |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
| parish | the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| turncoat | one who switches to an opposing side or party |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| equine | of, relating to, or resembling a horse or the horse family |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |