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 |
|---|---|
| depict | to represent by or as if by a picture |
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |
| tureen | a deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| prowess | distinguished bravery |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| dominant | commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |