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
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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 |