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 |
|---|---|
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
| tirade | a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| miscreant | unbelieving |
| titillate | to excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation |