GRE Word List
SUBSERVIENT
useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate
The meaning of the word subservient is useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| proclivity | an inclination or predisposition toward something |
| centurion | an officer commanding a Roman century |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| cleave | to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly |
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |