GRE Word List

SUPERANNUATED

outmoded

The meaning of the word superannuated is outmoded.

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defectionconscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion
attenuateto lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken
imbecilitythe quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness
winceto shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch
seemlygood-looking
yieldto bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation
anthropoidany of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets)
potpourria mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices that is usually kept in a jar and used for scent
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
solaceto give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console