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 |
|---|---|
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| docket | a brief written summary of a document : abstract |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| denotation | an act or process of denoting |
| chafe | irritate |
| halfhearted | lacking heart, spirit, or interest |
| malcontent | a discontented person: |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| canard | a false or unfounded report or story |