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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| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
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| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |
| vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| pedant | one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge |
| generic | relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |