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 |
|---|---|
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| partial | of or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total |
| blunt | having an edge or point that is not sharp |
| disinter | to take out of the grave or tomb |
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
| depict | to represent by or as if by a picture |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| submissive | submitting to others |