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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grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
opportunist | one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism |
extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
adage | a saying often in metaphorical form that typically embodies a common observation |
consonant | being in agreement or harmony : free from elements making for discord |
encompass | include |
passive | acted upon by an external agency |
vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |