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 |
|---|---|
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| subtlety | the quality or state of being subtle |
| bookish | of or relating to books |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
| acrimonious | angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner |
| tout | to make much of : promote |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| libido | instinctual 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 |
| altruistic | relating to or given to altruism: |