GRE Word List
SERVILE
of or befitting a menial position
The meaning of the word servile is of or befitting a menial position.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| infraction | the act of infringing : violation |
| deplore | to feel or express grief for |
| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
| zeal | eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : fervor |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |