GRE Word List
SUPERSEDE
to cause to be set aside
The meaning of the word supersede is to cause to be set aside.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| facsimile | an exact copy |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| substantial | consisting of or relating to substance |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| blunt | having an edge or point that is not sharp |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |