GRE Word List
SUBORDINATE
placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior
The meaning of the word subordinate is placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| tutelary | having the guardianship of a person or a thing |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |