GRE Word List
AUXILIARY
offering or providing help
The meaning of the word auxiliary is offering or providing help.
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|---|---|
| consecrate | dedicated to a sacred purpose |
| incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |
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| refrain | curb |
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| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
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