GRE Word List
EXTRANEOUS
existing on or coming from the outside
The meaning of the word extraneous is existing on or coming from the outside.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| indulgent | willing to allow excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration : indulging or characterized by indulgence |
| whimsy | whim |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| vehement | marked by forceful energy : powerful |
| impertinent | given to or characterized by insolent rudeness |
| memoir | an official note or report : memorandum |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |