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 |
|---|---|
| enumerate | to ascertain the number of : count |
| glamor | an exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness |
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| compulsion | an act of compelling |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |