GRE Word List
HORDE
a political subdivision of central Asian nomads
The meaning of the word horde is a political subdivision of central Asian nomads.
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conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
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maroon | a dark red |
antiquity | ancient times |
sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
embroil | to throw into disorder or confusion |
negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
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