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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nausea | a stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit |
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| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| furrow | a trench in the earth made by a plow |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |
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| dys- | abnormal |