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 |
|---|---|
| mordant | biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive |
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |
| propellant | capable of propelling |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| crust | the hardened exterior or surface part of bread |
| overwhelm | upset |
| patrician | a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome |