GRE Word List
SUPERFICIAL
of, relating to, or located near a surface
The meaning of the word superficial is of, relating to, or located near a surface.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| amend | to put right |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |
| interregnum | the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes |
| misgivings | a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event |