GRE Word List
ANCILLARY
subordinate
The meaning of the word ancillary is subordinate.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| interloper | one that interlopes: such as |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |