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 |
|---|---|
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| medley | a musical composition made up of a series of songs or short pieces |
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
| docile | easily taught |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| equine | of, relating to, or resembling a horse or the horse family |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |