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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inclement | lacking mildness: such as |
| braid | to make from braids |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| quarry | game |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| entity | being |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |