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.
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machinations | an act of machinating |
suitor | one that petitions or entreats |
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ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |
theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |
trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
gnome | maxim |
terminology | the technical or special terms used in a business, art, science, or special subject |
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