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 |
|---|---|
| blithe | lacking due thought or consideration : casual |
| raiment | clothing |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| subsequent | following in time, order, or place |
| bedizen | to dress or adorn gaudily |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| regicide | a person who kills a king |
| cadaver | a dead body |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |