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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bumpa relatively abrupt convexity or protuberance on a surface: such as
migratoryof, relating to, or characterized by migration
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vauntedhighly or widely praised or boasted about
procurementthe act or process of procuring
espionagethe practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company
goadto incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad
execrateto declare to be evil or detestable : denounce
welta strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together