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 |
|---|---|
| novelty | something new or unusual |
| grudging | unwilling |
| cartographer | one that makes maps |
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |