GRE Word List
SLAVISH
of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude
The meaning of the word slavish is of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| poise | balance |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
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| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |