GRE Word List

DEMURE

reserved

The meaning of the word demure is reserved.

Random words

WordMeaning
munificentvery liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow
oracularresembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery)
nuptialof or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony
derideto 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
flickerto move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter
mangeany 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
conjectureinference formed without proof or sufficient evidence
anthropoidany of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets)
scabbarda sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet