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 |
|---|---|
| mnemonic | assisting or intended to assist memory |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |
| concatenate | linked together |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |