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 |
|---|---|
| dour | stern |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| controvert | to dispute or oppose by reasoning |
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| throes | pang |