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 |
|---|---|
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| draw | to cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull |
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
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| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |
| exult | to be extremely joyful : rejoice |
| knit | to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles |
| trance | stupor |
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |