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.

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WordMeaning
facsimilean exact copy
mentora friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus
superciliouscoolly and patronizingly haughty
quiescentmarked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest
pedigreea register recording a line of ancestors
ardoran often restless or transitory warmth of feeling
atavismrecurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination
offhandwithout premeditation or preparation : extempore
draconianof, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him
vignettea picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper