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 |
|---|---|
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| apologist | someone who speaks or writes in defense of someone or something that is typically controversial, unpopular, or subject to criticism |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| entice | to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| exertion | the act or an instance of exerting |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| concordat | compact |
| mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |