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 |
|---|---|
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| prerogative | an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege: such as |
| potable | suitable for drinking |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| guileless | innocent |
| panache | an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |