GRE Word List

SUPERSEDE

to cause to be set aside

The meaning of the word supersede is to cause to be set aside.

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WordMeaning
almssomething (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor
prelatean ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank
felonone who has committed a felony
hieroglyphicwritten in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters
decantto draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers
concavehollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl
marginthe part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter
legislaturea body of persons having the power to legislate
encomiasticone that praises : eulogist
quellto thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity