GRE Word List
DEMURE
reserved
The meaning of the word demure is reserved.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| rooster | an adult male domestic chicken |
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| mawkish | lacking flavor or having an unpleasant taste |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |