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 |
|---|---|
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| secession | withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement |
| occult | to shut off from view or exposure : cover |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| chagrin | disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure |