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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| stratified | formed, deposited, or arranged in stable layers or strata |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| incompatible | not compatible: such as |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |