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 |
|---|---|
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| schism | division |
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| amulet | a charm (such as an ornament) often inscribed with a magic incantation or symbol to aid the wearer or protect against evil (such as disease or witchcraft) |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
| transpose | to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of |