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 |
|---|---|
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| congeal | to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold |
| deify | to make a god of |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| aseptic | preventing infection |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |