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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| cunning | dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| disputatious | inclined to dispute |