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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solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
dawdle | to spend time idly |
inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
aromatic | of, relating to, or having aroma: |
internecine | of, relating to, or involving conflict within a group |
cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |