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.
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| assail | to attack violently : assault |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
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| vigor | active bodily or mental strength or force |
| balm | a balsamic (see balsamic |
| canard | a false or unfounded report or story |