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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| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| incognito | with one's identity concealed |
| regimen | a systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication) especially when designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| apoplexy | stroke |
| tirade | a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language |
| imperturbable | marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness : serene |
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| tycoon | a businessperson of exceptional wealth, power, and influence : magnate |