GRE Word List

SUPERIMPOSE

to place or lay over or above something

The meaning of the word superimpose is to place or lay over or above something.

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WordMeaning
prodigalcharacterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish
alludeto make indirect reference
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
prevalentgenerally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : widespread
appendattach
tortuousmarked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding
sanguinarybloodthirsty
wardthe action or process of guarding
adjunctsomething joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it
bridlethe headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit