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 |
|---|---|
| tribunal | a court or forum of justice |
| spartan | a native or inhabitant of ancient Sparta |
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| pacify | to allay the anger or agitation of : soothe |
| morbid | of, relating to, or characteristic of disease |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
| queue | a braid of hair usually worn hanging at the back of the head |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |