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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WordMeaning
precepta command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action
wrytwist
donto put on (an article of clothing)
alloythe degree of mixture with base metals : fineness
multiplicitythe quality or state of being multiple or various
formidablecausing fear, dread, or apprehension
saturnineborn under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn
quibbleto evade the point of an argument by caviling about words
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
overbearingtending to overwhelm : overpowering