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 |
|---|---|
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| ingrained | forming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated |
| caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |
| cardinal | a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| invalidate | to make invalid |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| spatial | relating to, occupying, or having the character of space |