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 |
|---|---|
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| agitate | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |
| garnish | decorate |
| pugilist | fighter |
| lunar | crescent |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| glare | to shine with a harsh uncomfortably brilliant light |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |