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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WordMeaning
stipenda fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses
withdrawnremoved from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated
suffuseto spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush
secularof or relating to the worldly or temporal
criteriaa standard on which a judgment or decision may be based
officiousvolunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome
triflesomething of little value, substance, or importance
accostto approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way
bombardmenta late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones
irrelevantnot relevant : inapplicable