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 |
|---|---|
| fanaticism | fanatic outlook or behavior |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| machiavellian | of or relating to Machiavelli or Machiavellianism |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| phylum | a direct line of descent within a group |
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| recast | to cast again |