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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libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
acuitykeenness of perception
vacuousemptied of or lacking content
clairvoyanthaving clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception
emaciatedvery thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness
seismicof, subject to, or caused by an earthquake
invectiveinsulting or abusive language : vituperation
tippleto drink liquor especially by habit or to excess
litanya prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation
renegeto go back on a promise or commitment