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 |
|---|---|
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
| mendacious | given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth |
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |
| fundamental | serving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function : basic |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| judiciary | a system of courts of law |
| application | an act of applying: |
| muse | to become absorbed in thought |