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 |
|---|---|
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |
| prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |
| belie | to give a false impression of |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| assurance | the state of being assured: such as |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| abase | to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |