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 |
|---|---|
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |
| drip | to let fall in drops |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
| concord | a state of agreement : harmony |
| ductile | capable of being drawn out (see draw |