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 |
|---|---|
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| genre | a category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| gait | a manner of walking or moving on foot |
| estranged | having lost former closeness and affection : in a state of alienation from a previous close or familial relationship |