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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dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
meander | a winding path or course |
mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
meteoric | of or relating to a meteor |
slapdash | haphazard |
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