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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wistfulfull of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy
amendto put right
scapegoata 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
hypnosisa trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject
excerpta passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract
decapitateto cut off the head of : behead
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them
volubleeasily rolling or turning : rotating
interregnumthe time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes
misgivingsa feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event