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 |
|---|---|
| predicament | the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| edict | a proclamation having the force of law |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |
| culprit | one accused of or charged with a crime |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |