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 |
|---|---|
| tenacity | the quality or state of being tenacious |
| skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |
| mime | an ancient dramatic entertainment representing scenes from life usually in a ridiculous manner |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| forego | to go before : precede |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |
| partial | of or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total |