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 |
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homespun | spun or made at home |
obscure | dark |
presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
clipper | one that clips something |
millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |