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 |
|---|---|
| obscure | dark |
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |
| carefree | free from care: such as |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |