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 |
|---|---|
| brawn | the flesh of a boar |
| diligence | steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| commandeer | to compel to perform military service |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| variegated | having discrete markings of different colors |