GRE Word List
DIRGE
a song or hymn of grief or lamentation
The meaning of the word dirge is a song or hymn of grief or lamentation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| cistern | an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater) |
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| charlatan | quack |
| accolade | a mark of acknowledgment : award |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |