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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WordMeaning
foregoto go before : precede
withholdto hold back from action : check
retardto delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment
philanderera man who has sexual relations with many women
autonomoushaving the right or power of self-government
strangleto choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle
paritythe quality or state of being equal or equivalent
crabbedmarked by a forbidding moroseness
sordidmarked by baseness or grossness : vile
subliminalinadequate to produce a sensation or a perception