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 |
|---|---|
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| therapeutic | of or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders by remedial agents or methods : curative |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| natation | the action or art of swimming |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| gambit | a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position |
| screech | a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror |
| suckle | to give milk to from the breast or udder |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |