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 |
|---|---|
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| epicure | one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| palpitate | to beat rapidly and strongly : throb |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| blue | of the color whose hue is that of the clear sky : of the color blue (see blue |
| vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |