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 |
|---|---|
| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| culprit | one accused of or charged with a crime |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |
| dominant | commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others |
| obituary | a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |