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 |
|---|---|
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| bout | a spell or period of activity: such as |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| geniality | marked by or freely expressing sympathy or friendliness |
| pediatrician | a specialist in pediatrics |
| hedonist | a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| lugubrious | mournful |