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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puddingblood sausage
phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law
resentmenta feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury
grazeto feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton
ruminateto go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly
ramshackleappearing ready to collapse : rickety
oratorioa lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery
thriveto grow vigorously : flourish
solecisman ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence
agnostica person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable