VCR Lesson 7
By Lizzie Wilson
Fill in the Blank:
The Word:
demise (n.)
- Death, or the end of existence or operation of something
Roots:
mitto, mittere, misi, missum (<L.) "to send"
de (<L.) "away from"
Synonyms and Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- end
- fall
- breakdown
Antonyms:
- birth
- formation
- survival
- durability
Pick the Sentence:
Which sentence uses the bolded word incorrectly:
b) Stephanie realized that her shoe company would demise in the next weeks, so she sold her entire factory and unwisely invested the money she gained in the stock market.
c) Prior to his untimely demise in 2008, David Foster Wallace was one of the most brilliant thinkers and authors of our time.
d) The demise of the mobster's underground political scheme can be attributed to the hard investigative work of the NYPD and the FBI.