GRE Word List
SUPERNUMERARY
exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number
The meaning of the word supernumerary is exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| earthly | characteristic of or belonging to this earth |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| malcontent | a discontented person: |
| consensus | general agreement : unanimity |
| impervious | not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable |