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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| centurion | an officer commanding a Roman century |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
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| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| homely | suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home |
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| random | a haphazard course |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |