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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| miserly | of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser |
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| assail | to attack violently : assault |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
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| imbibe | drink |
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