GRE Word List

REQUIEM

a mass for the dead

The meaning of the word requiem is a mass for the dead.

Random words

WordMeaning
prototypean original model on which something is patterned : archetype
raffleto engage in a raffle
wafflea crisp cake of batter baked in a waffle iron
curmudgeona crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man
gloatto observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight
tactfulhaving or showing tact
discounta reduction made from the gross (see gross
covertnot openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled
heraldan official at a tournament of arms (see arm
queruloushabitually complaining