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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dignitary | one who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor |
germinate | to cause to sprout or develop |
discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
ordain | to invest (see invest |
aboriginal | being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region |
castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |
fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
subsistence | real being : existence |
awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |