GRE Word List

HOMAGE

a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord

The meaning of the word homage is a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord.

Random words

WordMeaning
harassexhaust
somberso shaded as to be dark and gloomy
fitacceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper
secreteto form and give off (a secretion)
innuendoan oblique allusion : hint
slothdisinclination to action or labor : indolence
convergeto tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet
damnto condemn to a punishment or fate
kineticof or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith
punitiveinflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment