GRE Word List
DEMURE
reserved
The meaning of the word demure is reserved.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |
| unwarranted | lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified |
| effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| flighty | swift |
| rebuff | to reject or criticize sharply : snub |