GRE Word List
SURFEIT
an overabundant supply : excess
The meaning of the word surfeit is an overabundant supply : excess.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| debonair | suave |
| rococo | rococo work or style |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| plump | to drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| accord | to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |