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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| douse | to plunge into water |
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| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| submerge | to put under water |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| dogged | marked by stubborn determination |
| amity | friendship |
| groom | bridegroom |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |