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
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offhand | without premeditation or preparation : extempore |
discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
titillate | to excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation |
censure | a judgment involving condemnation |
minion | a servile dependent, follower, or underling |
redress | to set right : remedy |
abide | to bear patiently : tolerate |