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 |
|---|---|
| earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| predispose | to dispose in advance |
| carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ¹/₂₄ part of pure gold in an alloy |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| maritime | of, relating to, or bordering on the sea |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| exploit | deed |
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |