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 |
|---|---|
| facilitate | to make easier : help bring about |
| expeditious | marked by or acting with prompt efficiency |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |
| gaffe | a social or diplomatic blunder |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |