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 |
|---|---|
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| epicurean | of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism |
| convert | to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another |
| exemplify | to show or illustrate by example |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| maxim | a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct |
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |