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 |
|---|---|
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| grotto | cave |
| handsome | having a pleasing and usually impressive or dignified appearance |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| embryonic | of or relating to an embryo |
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
| scintillate | to emit sparks : spark |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |