GRE Word List
ANCILLARY
subordinate
The meaning of the word ancillary is subordinate.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| tramp | to walk, tread, or step especially heavily |
| glean | to gather grain or other produce left by reapers |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |