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 |
|---|---|
| arraign | to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| score | twenty |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |
| pitfall | trap |