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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|---|---|
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| victuals | food usable by people |
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| noisome | noxious |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |