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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| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| limp | to walk lamely |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |
| transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| rigor | harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity |