GRE Word List
MERCENARY
one that serves merely for wages
The meaning of the word mercenary is one that serves merely for wages.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |
| economy | the structure or conditions of economic life in a country, area, or period |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| melee | a confused struggle |
| sagacious | of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| disjointed | being thrown out of orderly function |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| impeccable | free from fault or blame : flawless |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
