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.
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convoluted | having convolutions |
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largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
flagrant | conspicuously offensive |
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