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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| Word | Meaning |
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| exquisite | marked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| conservatory | a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| libel | a written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought |
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| frond | a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions |