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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pyromaniaca person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania
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bruntthe principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack)
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determinatehaving defined limits
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