GRE Word List
SUPERFLUOUS
exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra
The meaning of the word superfluous is exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| rip | to tear or split apart or open |
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
| urchin | hedgehog |
| duration | continuance in time |
| scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |