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 |
|---|---|
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| withdrawn | removed from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| accost | to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |