GRE Word List
ALLEGIANCE
the obligation of a feudal vassal to his liege lord
The meaning of the word allegiance is the obligation of a feudal vassal to his liege lord.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
| seduce | to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| etymology | the 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 |
| affinity | relationship by marriage |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |