GRE Word List
SUBSERVIENT
useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate
The meaning of the word subservient is useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| accommodate | to provide with something desired, needed, or suited |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| impoverish | to make poor |
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| malefactor | one who commits an offense against the law |