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
adeptthoroughly proficient : expert
meteto give out by measure : dole out
zealeagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : fervor
flaila hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely
humusa brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic
discomposeto destroy the composure of
deportto send out of the country by legal deportation
rifeprevalent especially to an increasing degree
irasciblemarked by hot temper and easily provoked anger
innocuousproducing no injury : harmless