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 |
|---|---|
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |
| problematic | posing a problem : difficult to solve or decide |
| forward | near, being at, or belonging to the forepart |
| bereft | deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something |
| imminent | ready to take place : happening soon |
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| season | a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature |
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |