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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apothegma short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism
roosteran adult male domestic chicken
torpora state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility
tortuousmarked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding
surrogateone appointed to act in place of another : deputy
implementa device used in the performance of a task : tool
decantto draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers
reprieveto delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner)
poseto set forth or offer for attention or consideration
conjugalof or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial