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 |
|---|---|
| reverberate | reflect |
| perimeter | the boundary of a closed plane figure |
| embrace | to clasp in the arms : hug |
| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| effete | no longer fertile |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| polar | of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it |
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |