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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motifa usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts)
venalcapable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable
incoherentlacking coherence: such as
asepticpreventing infection
chaoticmarked by chaos or being in a state of chaos : completely confused or disordered
slapto strike sharply with or as if with the open hand
bereavementthe state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone
contrabandillegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling
plauditan act or round of applause
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