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 |
|---|---|
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| repeal | to rescind or annul by authoritative act |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |