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 |
|---|---|
| allude | to make indirect reference |
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| rift | fissure |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| sarcasm | a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain |
| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| doctrine | a principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma |