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 |
|---|---|
| facsimile | an exact copy |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| ardor | an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| offhand | without premeditation or preparation : extempore |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| vignette | a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper |