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 |
|---|---|
| ventriloquist | one who uses or is skilled in ventriloquism |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| embark | to go on board a vehicle for transportation |
| adherent | one who adheres to something: such as |
| flutter | to flap the wings rapidly |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| mischance | bad luck |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| missile | capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |