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 |
|---|---|
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| seamy | having the rough side of the seam showing |
| polarize | to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |
| blase | apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary |
| rectify | to set right : remedy |
| brochure | pamphlet |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |