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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amazon | a member of a race of female warriors of Greek mythology |
| sartorial | of or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes |
| reparation | a repairing or keeping in repair |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| gratify | to be a source of or give pleasure or satisfaction to |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| diligence | steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| wane | to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle |