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 |
|---|---|
| compliant | ready or disposed to comply : submissive |
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| sarcasm | a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain |
| fathom | a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| gusty | the sensation of taste |
| faze | to disturb the composure of : disconcert |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |