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 |
|---|---|
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |
| shuffle | to mix in a mass confusedly : jumble |
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| muted | being mute : silent |
| tread | to step or walk on or over |