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 |
|---|---|
| inverse | opposite in order, nature, or effect |
| suture | a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| composure | a calmness or repose especially of mind, bearing, or appearance : self-possession |
| scoff | an expression of scorn, derision, or contempt : gibe |
| fell | skin |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |