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
disquisitiona formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse
behooveto be necessary, proper, or advantageous for
remediablecapable of being remedied
healthfulbeneficial to health of body or mind
solemnityformal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event
apotheosisthe perfect form or example of something : quintessence
idyllicpleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity
fractioustending to be troublesome : unruly
peerone that is of equal standing with another : equal
contusioninjury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise