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 |
|---|---|
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| enmity | positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will |
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| parallelism | the quality or state of being parallel |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| doddering | feeble |