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 |
|---|---|
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| filing | an act or instance of using a file |
| morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |
| cerebration | to use the mind : think |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| skiff | any of various small boats |
| plenary | complete in every respect : absolute |
| pilfer | steal |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| ecliptic | of or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse |