GRE Word List
SERVILE
of or befitting a menial position
The meaning of the word servile is of or befitting a menial position.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| libidinous | having or marked by lustful desires : lascivious |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| facilitate | to make easier : help bring about |
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| antiquated | outmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |