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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mettle | vigor and strength of spirit or temperament (see temperament |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |
| flaccid | not firm or stiff |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| cartographer | one that makes maps |
| armada | a fleet of warships |
| lunatic | affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane |