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 |
|---|---|
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| rotunda | a round building |
| rectify | to set right : remedy |
| adept | thoroughly proficient : expert |
| offhand | without premeditation or preparation : extempore |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| conventional | formed by agreement or compact |
| torrid | parched with heat especially of the sun : hot |