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 |
|---|---|
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| gratuity | something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service |
| seedy | containing or full of seeds |
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
| potentate | ruler |
| narrative | something that is narrated : story |
| steep | lofty |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| seminary | an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated |