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 |
|---|---|
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| repeal | to rescind or annul by authoritative act |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| ligneous | of or resembling wood |
| libretto | the text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical theater |
| malefactor | one who commits an offense against the law |
| din | a loud continued noise |
| comely | pleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |