GRE Word List
REQUIEM
a mass for the dead
The meaning of the word requiem is a mass for the dead.
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| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
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| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
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| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |
| whittle | a large knife |