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 |
|---|---|
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| muted | being mute : silent |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
| tan | to make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun |