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 |
|---|---|
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| commensurate | corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| ossify | to change into bone |
| unwarranted | lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| plumber | a dealer or worker in lead |