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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fomentto promote the growth or development of : rouse
earmarka mark of identification on the ear of an animal
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winceto shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch
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inamorataa woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations
unearthto dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume
irrevocablenot possible to revoke : unalterable
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