super, supra & supr
These ROOT-WORDS are the Prefixes SUPER & SUPR meaning OVER, ABOVE, BEYOND & GREATER IN QUALITY. SUPR indicates the SUPERlative. There you are, on your way to having a SUPER vocabulary!
1. Superable : SUPER able (sue’ pe ra b’l) adj.
Can be overcome; conquerable
2. Superabundant : SUPER abundant (sue pe ran bun’ dant) adj.
Above the needed amount; excessive
3. Supercilious : SUPER cilious (sue per sil’ ee us) adj.
Over-bearing; proud; haughty
4. Superfine : SUPER fine (Sue per fine’) adj.
Of an exceptional quality
5. Superfluent : SUPER fluent (sue per; flue ent) adj.
Flowing freely, richly
6. Superintendent : SUPER intendent (sue per rin ten’ dent) n.
One in charge; overseer
7. Superlunary : SUPER human (sue per lue’ na ree) adj.
In a position above the moon
8. Superhuman : SUPER human (sue per hyu’ man) adj.
Having powers beyond mankind
9. Superman : SUPER man (sue’ per man) n.
A man with extraordinary powers
10. Superiority : SUPER iority (su per ee or’ it ee) n.
Excellence; preeminence
11. Supernatural : SUPER natural (sue per nach’ u ral) adj.
Above and beyond all nature
12. Superimpose : SUPER impose (sue pe rim poze’) v.
To place one thing over another
13. Supervise : SUPER vise (Sue’ per vize) v.
To oversee; to superintend
14. Superlative : SUPER lative (su per’ lat iv) adj.
In the highest degree; the best
15. Supralateral : SUPRA lateral (sue pra lat; er al) adj.
Placed high up on the side
16. Supraliminal : SUPRA liminal (sue pra lim’ in al) adj.
Lying above the threshold of consciousness
16. Supraliminal : SUPRA liminal (sue pra lim’ in al) adj.
Lying above the threshold of consciousness
17. Supreme : SUPR eme (su preme’) adj.
Superior
18. Supremely : SUPR emely (su preme’ lee) adv.
In the highest degree; as, supremely happy
19. Supremacy : SUPR emacy (su prem’ a see) n.
State of being supreme
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