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 |
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juncture | a point of time |
allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
appall | to overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay |
ponderous | of very great weight |
abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
stamp | to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument |
tortuous | marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding |
incontrovertible | not open to question : indisputable |