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 |
|---|---|
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |
| 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 |
| mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| mnemonic | assisting or intended to assist memory |
| blithe | lacking due thought or consideration : casual |
| guy | man |