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 |
|---|---|
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate |
| platonic | of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| loft | an upper room or floor : attic |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |