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 |
|---|---|
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| fulcrum | prop |
| impinge | encroach |
| concoct | to prepare by combining raw materials |
| lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| congeal | to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold |
| purse | a small bag for money |