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 |
|---|---|
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| prank | trick |
| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |
| antipathy | a strong feeling of dislike |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| choice | the act of choosing : selection |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |