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 |
|---|---|
| plenary | complete in every respect : absolute |
| slipshod | wearing loose shoes or slippers |
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| aphorism | a concise statement of a principle |
| discerning | showing insight and understanding : discriminating |
| annotate | to make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment |
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| disarray | a lack of order or sequence : confusion |