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 |
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| insurrection | an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| slither | to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| rusticate | to go into or reside in the country : follow a rustic life |
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |
| battalion | a considerable body of troops organized to act together : army |