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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| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| insurgent | a person who revolts against civil authority or an established government |
| audit | a formal examination of an organization's or individual's accounts or financial situation |
| inaugurate | to induct into an office with suitable ceremonies |
| ambidextrous | using both hands with equal ease or dexterity |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| commonwealth | a nation, state, or other political unit: such as |
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
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