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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| distant | separated in space : away |
| tatter | to make ragged |
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| garner | to gather into storage |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
| tutelary | having the guardianship of a person or a thing |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |