GRE Word List

SUPERANNUATED

outmoded

The meaning of the word superannuated is outmoded.

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WordMeaning
winsomegenerally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence
badgerany of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere
mountebanka person who sells quack medicines from a platform
misadventuremisfortune
ficklemarked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness
psychosisa serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions
impertinentgiven to or characterized by insolent rudeness
coniferany of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit
kaleidoscopean instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns
comeuppancea deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts