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 |
|---|---|
| cadaver | a dead body |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| indemnify | to secure against hurt, loss, or damage |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |
| eminent | exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |