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 |
|---|---|
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| mendicant | beggar |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| potable | suitable for drinking |
| collateral | property (such as securities) pledged by a borrower to protect the interests of the lender |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| asteroid | any of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter |
| extant | currently or actually existing |