GRE Word List
HIRELING
a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives
The meaning of the word hireling is a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| disarray | a lack of order or sequence : confusion |
| compound | something formed by a union of elements or parts |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| domicile | a dwelling place : place of residence : home |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| suppliant | supplicant |