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 |
|---|---|
| blackball | to vote against |
| enormity | an outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
| headstrong | not easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions |
| tyranny | oppressive power |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly |
| internecine | of, relating to, or involving conflict within a group |