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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| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| magniloquent | speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner |
| diatribe | a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| entreat | to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently |
| 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 |
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| grimace | a facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain |
| die | to pass from physical life : expire |