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 |
|---|---|
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| censor | a person who supervises conduct and morals: such as |
| exquisite | marked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| bound | fastened by or as if by a band : confined |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| bouillon | a clear seasoned soup made usually from lean beef |
| plump | to drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily |
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |