GRE Word List
SUPEREROGATORY
observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required
The meaning of the word supererogatory is observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| spat | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| homely | suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home |
| raspy | harsh |
| exhume | disinter |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| reverent | expressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful |