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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conclave | a private meeting or secret assembly |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| vex | to bring trouble, distress, or agitation to |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |