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 |
|---|---|
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| susceptible | capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation |
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| tawny | of the color tawny |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| explicate | to give a detailed explanation of |
| obsessive | tending to cause obsession |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |