GRE Word List
REQUIEM
a mass for the dead
The meaning of the word requiem is a mass for the dead.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| stultify | to have a dulling or inhibiting effect on |
| magniloquent | speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| consort | associate |
| rapture | an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion |
| slew | a large number |