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 |
|---|---|
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |
| devout | committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| mannered | having manners of a specified kind |
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |