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 |
|---|---|
| impenitent | not penitent |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| antiquated | outmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted |
| peccadillo | a slight offense |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| acknowledge | to recognize the rights, authority, or status of |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |