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 |
|---|---|
| tawny | of the color tawny |
| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |
| ideology | a manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| abominable | worthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable |
| quadruped | an animal having four feet |
| seduce | to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty |
| fathom | a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water |