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 |
|---|---|
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| mischance | bad luck |
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| malaise | an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness |
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |
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| emasculate | to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken |
| canny | clever |