GRE Word List

OBSEQUY

a funeral or burial rite

The meaning of the word obsequy is a funeral or burial rite.

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WordMeaning
accordto grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned
anchora device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom
irreconcilableimpossible to reconcile
reserveto hold in reserve : keep back
reinstateto place again (as in possession or in a former position)
divaprima donna
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solaceto give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console
caulkto stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe)