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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metaphysical | of or relating to metaphysics |
plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |
patronize | to act as patron of : provide aid or support for |
censor | a person who supervises conduct and morals: such as |
atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
cadaverous | of or relating to a corpse |
bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
fervor | intensity of feeling or expression |
lewd | obscene |