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 |
|---|---|
| revoke | to annul by recalling or taking back : rescind |
| reconcile | to restore to friendship or harmony |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| gratuity | something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service |
| tactile | perceptible by touch : tangible |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |