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 |
|---|---|
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| factotum | a person having many diverse activities or responsibilities |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| agitate | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| expiate | to make amends for |
| dingy | dirty |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |