GRE Word List
SUBSIDIARY
furnishing aid or support : auxiliary
The meaning of the word subsidiary is furnishing aid or support : auxiliary.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| sound | a particular auditory impression : tone |
| torpedo | a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| ewe | the female of the sheep especially when mature |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| distinctive | marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish |
| withdrawn | removed from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |