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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gamutthe whole series of recognized musical notes
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legerdemainsleight of hand
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beleaguerbesiege
wizenedto become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality
explicitfully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent
adventthe period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting
factotuma person having many diverse activities or responsibilities
orthodoxconforming to established doctrine especially in religion