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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|---|---|
| libidinous | having or marked by lustful desires : lascivious |
| retiring | reserved |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
| seep | to flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings : ooze |
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |
| unwitting | not knowing : unaware |
| lout | to bow in respect |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
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| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |