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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remissionthe act or process of remitting
plausiblesuperficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious
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prepossessingcreating prejudice
hereafterafter this in sequence or in time
recumbentsuggestive of repose : leaning
prosperousauspicious
obeliskan upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid
reimburseto pay back to someone : repay
oligarchygovernment by the few