GRE Word List

REQUIEM

a mass for the dead

The meaning of the word requiem is a mass for the dead.

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WordMeaning
interjectionan ejaculatory utterance usually lacking grammatical connection: such as
wardthe action or process of guarding
quixoticfoolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals
riveta headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head
prosaiccharacteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual
languiddrooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak
primethe second of the canonical hours
mercenaryone that serves merely for wages
swaythe action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion
gobbleto swallow or eat greedily