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 |
|---|---|
| limn | to draw or paint on a surface |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| habituate | to make used to something : accustom |
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |