GRE Word List
AUXILIARY
offering or providing help
The meaning of the word auxiliary is offering or providing help.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |
maneuver | a military or naval movement |
bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
fluctuate | to shift back and forth uncertainly |
pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
fawning | seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery |
sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |