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 |
|---|---|
| dossier | a file containing detailed records on a particular person or subject |
| pundit | pandit |
| entice | to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| cache | a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |