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 |
|---|---|
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| bully | a blustering, browbeating person |
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |
| low | having a small upward extension or elevation |
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |
| forthcoming | being about to appear or to be produced or made available |