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 |
|---|---|
| execute | to carry out fully : put completely into effect |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| militate | to have weight or effect |
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| misogynist | a person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
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