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 |
|---|---|
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| tepid | moderately warm : lukewarm |
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
| ethereal | of or relating to the regions beyond the earth |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
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| thrall | a state of servitude or submission |
| ascendancy | governing or controlling influence : domination |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |