GRE Word List
DEMURE
reserved
The meaning of the word demure is reserved.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| antiquated | outmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| ungainly | lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |
| implode | to burst inward |