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 |
|---|---|
| thrive | to grow vigorously : flourish |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| commensurate | corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate |
| tutelary | having the guardianship of a person or a thing |
| wilt | loose freshness; droop |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| incompatible | not compatible: such as |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |