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 |
|---|---|
| smudge | to make a smudge on |
| graduated | marked with divisions indicating degrees or units of measurement |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |