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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authoritarianof, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority
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dissentto withhold assent or approval
influxa coming in
chagrindisquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure
allegorythe expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence
improvidentnot provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future
epistemologistthe study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity
crypta chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground
progenydescendants