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.

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guilelessinnocent
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substantialconsisting of or relating to substance
communetalk over
headfirstwith the head foremost
lexicographeran author or editor of a dictionary
elegya poem in elegiac couplets
bifurcateddivided into two branches or parts