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 |
|---|---|
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| pathological | of or relating to pathology |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| season | a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |