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 |
|---|---|
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| estranged | having lost former closeness and affection : in a state of alienation from a previous close or familial relationship |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| plume | a feather of a bird: such as |
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |
| 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 |
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |