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 |
|---|---|
| metaphysical | of or relating to metaphysics |
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |
| patronize | to act as patron of : provide aid or support for |
| censor | a person who supervises conduct and morals: such as |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| cadaverous | of or relating to a corpse |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| fervor | intensity of feeling or expression |
| lewd | obscene |