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 |
|---|---|
| recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |
| verisimilitude | the quality or state of being verisimilar |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |