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 |
|---|---|
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| nutritious | nourishing |
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
| rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |