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 |
|---|---|
| potion | a mixture of liquids (such as liquor or medicine) |
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |
| chip | a small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off |
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |