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 |
|---|---|
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| gambit | a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position |
| mediocre | of moderate or low quality, value, ability, or performance : ordinary |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| favoritism | the showing of special favor : partiality |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |