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 |
|---|---|
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
| culmination | the action of culminating |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| conglomerate | made up of parts from various sources or of various kinds |
| cerebration | to use the mind : think |
| autocratic | of, relating to, or being an autocracy : absolute |
| rescind | to take away : remove |
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |
| admonish | to indicate duties or obligations to |