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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ingrained | forming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated |
wreak | bring about |
misdemeanor | a crime less serious than a felony (see felony |
wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |
superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |
permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
meek | enduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild |
dawdle | to spend time idly |
septic | of, relating to, or causing putrefaction |