GRE Word List

SERVITUDE

a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life

The meaning of the word servitude is a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life.

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teneta principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true
stricturean abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage
protegeone who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence
assentto agree to or approve of something (such as an idea or suggestion) especially after thoughtful consideration : concur
retrieveto locate and bring in (killed or wounded game)
doctrinea principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma
vernalof, relating to, or occurring in the spring
apocalypticof, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse
mortifyto subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame
pandemoniuma wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people)