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 |
|---|---|
| galaxy | milky way galaxy |
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
| infer | to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| fake | not true, real, or genuine : counterfeit |