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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Word | Meaning |
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withhold | to hold back from action : check |
recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
irreproachable | not reproachable : blameless |
incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
duration | continuance in time |
subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
generality | the quality or state of being general |
jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |