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 |
|---|---|
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| uniformity | the quality or state of being uniform |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| protege | one who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence |
| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| dormer | a window set vertically in a structure projecting through a sloping roof |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| victuals | food usable by people |
| credential | warranting credit or confidence |