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 |
|---|---|
| dissection | the act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected |
| endorse | to write on the back of |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| ewe | the female of the sheep especially when mature |
| passe | past one's prime |
| spare | not being used |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |
| eminent | exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent |