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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annexto attach as a quality, consequence, or condition
breedto produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation
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reprieveto delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner)
hypercriticalmeticulously or excessively critical
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obstinatestubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion
stratageman artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy
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