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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stem_fromarise from; originate from
zealota zealous person
transgressionan act, process, or instance of transgressing: such as
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