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 |
|---|---|
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| verve | the spirit and enthusiasm animating artistic composition or performance : vivacity |
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| impuissance | weakness |
| cantata | a composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| sartorial | of or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| vigor | active bodily or mental strength or force |
| incense | material used to produce a fragrant odor when burned |