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 |
|---|---|
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| worldly | of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs |
| indissoluble | not dissoluble |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |