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 |
|---|---|
| allude | to make indirect reference |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| rejuvenate | to make young or youthful again : give new vigor to |
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |