GRE Word List
DEMURE
reserved
The meaning of the word demure is reserved.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| halcyon | characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden |
| license | permission to act |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| tepid | moderately warm : lukewarm |
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| shaving | the act of one that shaves |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| contrive | devise |
| caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |