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 |
|---|---|
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| withstand | to stand up against : oppose with firm determination |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| conveyance | the action of conveying |
| asteroid | any of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter |
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| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| dismantle | to disconnect the pieces of |
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