GRE Word List
SUPEREROGATORY
superfluous; more than needed or demanded
The meaning of the word supererogatory is superfluous; more than needed or demanded.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| embark | commence; go on board a boat; begin a journey |
| compound | combine; produce by combining; increase; make worse by adding to or increasing; exacerbate; Ex. compound an error; ADJ: consisting of two or more parts; N: combination of two or more parts; area enclosed by a wall containing a group of buildings; Ex. factory compound; CF. complex |
| pert | (esp. of a girl or young woman) impertinent; forward; trim; jaunty; Ex. pert young miss/hat |
| mire | entangle; stick in swampy ground; stick or sink in mire; N: bog; deep mud; Ex. sucked deeper into the mire |
| wangle | achieve by cleverness or trick; wiggle out; fake; Ex. She tried to wangle an invitation to the party. |
| loll | lounge about |
| emissary | agent (sent on a mission to represent another); messenger |
| carousal | drunken revel; V. carouse |
| douse | plunge into water or liquid; dip; immerse; drench; wet throughly; extinguish; throw water over; dowse |
| rapture | great joy and delight; ecstasy; ADJ. rapturous |
