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 |
|---|---|
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| pry | to look closely or inquisitively |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |
| potent | having or wielding force, authority, or influence : powerful |
| scheme | a plan or program of action |
| toga | the loose outer garment worn in public by citizens of ancient Rome |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |