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 |
|---|---|
| remit | to lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly |
| benefit | something that produces good or helpful results or effects or that promotes well-being : advantage |
| prurient | marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire |
| pulmonary | of, relating to, affecting, or occurring in the lungs |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| regiment | a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions |
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
| aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class |
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| effete | no longer fertile |