GRE Word List
ANCILLARY
subordinate
The meaning of the word ancillary is subordinate.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| solemnity | formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event |
| abortive | prematurely born |
| farce | stuff |
| emetic | an agent that induces vomiting |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted |
| anomaly | something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous |
| notable | worthy of note : remarkable |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |