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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WordMeaning
docileeasily taught
threshto separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically
humidcontaining or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive
integrityfirm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility
stammerto make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter
mendaciousgiven to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth
perpetrateto bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit
impoliticnot politic : unwise
carnivoroussubsisting or feeding on animal tissues
sunderto break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space