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 |
|---|---|
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
| subordinate | placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior |
| impertinent | given to or characterized by insolent rudeness |
| assail | to attack violently : assault |
| luminary | a person of prominence or brilliant achievement |
| dyspeptic | indigestion |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |