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 |
|---|---|
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| dissension | disagreement |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| reinstate | to place again (as in possession or in a former position) |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| bump | a relatively abrupt convexity or protuberance on a surface: such as |
| blanch | to take the color out of |
| progeny | descendants |