GRE Word List
YEOMAN
an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household
The meaning of the word yeoman is an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household.
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|---|---|
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| disquisition | a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| volition | the power of choosing or determining : will |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |