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 |
|---|---|
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| firebrand | a piece of burning wood |
| infallible | incapable of error : unerring |
| writ | something written : writing |
| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| founder | one that founds or establishes |
| leaven | a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid |
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |