GRE Word List

AUXILIARY

offering or providing help

The meaning of the word auxiliary is offering or providing help.

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WordMeaning
accostto approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way
scapegoata goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur
probea slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity)
dawdleto spend time idly
prosperousauspicious
supposititiousfraudulently substituted : spurious
filigreeornamental work especially of fine wire of gold, silver, or copper applied chiefly to gold and silver surfaces
careento put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull
nonplusa state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary
abodethe place where one lives : home