GRE Word List
RETINUE
a group of retainers or attendants
The meaning of the word retinue is a group of retainers or attendants.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| hallowed | holy |
| disinter | to take out of the grave or tomb |
| gullible | easily duped or cheated |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| overwhelm | upset |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |