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 |
|---|---|
| admonish | to indicate duties or obligations to |
| fanaticism | fanatic outlook or behavior |
| lopsided | leaning to one side |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| scrupulous | having moral integrity : acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper |
| hubris | exaggerated pride or self-confidence |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |