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 |
|---|---|
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| nimble | quick and light in motion : agile |
| brawny | muscular |
| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |
| cohabit | to live together as or as if a married couple |
| sledge | sledgehammer |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |