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 |
|---|---|
| worldly | of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| malefactor | one who commits an offense against the law |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| advocacy | the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| prosody | the study of versification |
| jubilation | an act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |