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 |
|---|---|
| betroth | to promise to marry |
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |
| inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| cunning | dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end |
| clientele | a body of clients |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |