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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| foible | the part of a sword or foil blade between the middle and point |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| commandeer | to compel to perform military service |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |