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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WordMeaning
halfheartedlacking heart, spirit, or interest
dilemmaa usually undesirable or unpleasant choice
rotunditymarked by roundness : rounded
negateto deny the existence or truth of
tranquillitythe quality or state of being tranquil
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
monumentalserving as or resembling a monument : massive
secreteto form and give off (a secretion)
doctrinea principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma
staidmarked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober