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 |
|---|---|
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| homily | a usually short sermon |
| prance | to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
| cynical | having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic: such as |