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 |
|---|---|
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| explicate | to give a detailed explanation of |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| brocade | a rich silk fabric with raised patterns in gold and silver |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |