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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WordMeaning
acclimateto adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation
nutritiousnourishing
egotisticalcharacterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance
intuitionthe power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference
pristinebelonging to the earliest period or state : original
rigiddeficient in or devoid of flexibility
ordeala primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control
inimicalbeing adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence
subalternparticular with reference to a related universal proposition
bureaucracya body of nonelected government officials