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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| saccharine | of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar |
| visionary | having or marked by foresight and imagination |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| outfit | the act of fitting out or equipping (as for a voyage or expedition) |
| exhale | to rise or be given off as vapor |
| protean | of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms |
| apprise | to give notice to : tell |
| postulate | demand |
| remit | to lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |