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 |
|---|---|
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| frenetic | marked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied |
| exemplify | to show or illustrate by example |
| chore | the regular or daily light work of a household or farm |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| peer | one that is of equal standing with another : equal |
| miscellaneous | consisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous |
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |