GRE Word List

REQUIEM

a mass for the dead

The meaning of the word requiem is a mass for the dead.

Random words

WordMeaning
travestya debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation
grotesquea style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature
archaichaving the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses
amputateto remove by or as if by cutting
terseusing few words : devoid of superfluity
smeltany of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste
rambleto move aimlessly from place to place
verbalizeto express something in words
rantto talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
beelinea straight direct course