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 |
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| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
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| disinclination | a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion |
| chafe | irritate |
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| benison | blessing |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| archaeology | the scientific study of material remains (such as tools, pottery, jewelry, stone walls, and monuments) of past human life and activities |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| stipple | to engrave by means of dots and flicks |