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 |
|---|---|
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| exclaim | to cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| olfactory | of or relating to the sense of smell |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |