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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etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
markedhaving an identifying mark
disenfranchiseto deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity
casualtya military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
festiveof, relating to, or suitable for a feast or festival
evoketo call forth or up: such as
cipherzero
finesserefinement or delicacy of workmanship, structure, or texture
hotheada hotheaded person
balmyhaving the qualities of balm : soothing