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 |
|---|---|
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| vertex | the top of the head |
| purveyor | one that purveys |
| ichthyology | a branch of zoology that deals with fishes |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| biennial | occurring every two years |