GRE Word List
MERCENARY
one that serves merely for wages
The meaning of the word mercenary is one that serves merely for wages.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| fetter | a chain or shackle for the feet |
| withstand | to stand up against : oppose with firm determination |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| elusive | tending to elude: such as |
| incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| assurance | the state of being assured: such as |
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |