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 |
|---|---|
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| alloy | the degree of mixture with base metals : fineness |
| accessible | capable of being reached |
| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |
| brag | a pompous or boastful statement |
| disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |
| papyrus | a tall perennial sedge (Cyperus papyrus) of the Nile valley |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |