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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skinflinta person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser
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bleakexposed and barren and often windswept
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plaintiveexpressive of suffering or woe : melancholy
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wilyfull of wiles : crafty
litheeasily bent or flexed
fancierone that has a special liking or interest