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 |
|---|---|
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| scaffold | a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground |
| satiate | filled to satiety |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| implode | to burst inward |
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |