GRE Word List
REQUIEM
a mass for the dead
The meaning of the word requiem is a mass for the dead.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |
| coalesce | to grow together |
| acclaim | applaud |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |