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.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| equestrian | of, relating to, or featuring horseback riding |
| fabricate | invent |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
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| comprise | to be made up of |
| steep | lofty |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |