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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| antique | existing since or belonging to earlier times : ancient |
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| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
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| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
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