GRE Word List
DEMURE
reserved
The meaning of the word demure is reserved.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| nuptial | of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| flicker | to move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| scabbard | a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet |