GRE Word List
SUBSIDIARY
furnishing aid or support : auxiliary
The meaning of the word subsidiary is furnishing aid or support : auxiliary.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| cerebral | of or relating to the brain or the intellect |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| irreconcilable | impossible to reconcile |
| fanfare | a short and lively sounding of trumpets |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |