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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inveighto protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail
acclimateto adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation
rendezvousa place appointed for assembling or meeting
gangrenelocal death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply
implicitcapable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied
generalitythe quality or state of being general
chaffingthe seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain
masticateto grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew
suppliantsupplicant
requiteto make return for : repay