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 |
|---|---|
| fleck | streak |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| vitriolic | bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism |
| season | a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |