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 |
|---|---|
| rousing | giving rise to excitement : stirring |
| wanton | merciless |
| amiable | friendly, sociable, and congenial |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| fervid | very hot : burning |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
| mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |
| orgy | secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing |