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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consecratededicated to a sacred purpose
waggishresembling or characteristic of a wag
earthlycharacteristic of or belonging to this earth
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proscribeto publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state
ideologya manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture
wizenedto become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality
blunderto move unsteadily or confusedly
celerityrapidity of motion or action
faunaanimal life