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 |
|---|---|
| gamely | a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other |
| emissary | one designated as the agent of another : representative |
| dilute | attenuate |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| sage | one (such as a profound philosopher) distinguished for wisdom |
| culmination | the action of culminating |
| lout | to bow in respect |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |