GRE Word List
OBSEQUY
a funeral or burial rite
The meaning of the word obsequy is a funeral or burial rite.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| firebrand | a piece of burning wood |
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |