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 |
|---|---|
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| unfrock | defrock |
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
| kismet | fate |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| witless | destitute of wit or understanding : foolish |