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 |
|---|---|
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| blurt | to utter abruptly and impulsively |
| blasphemy | the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God |
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| disinclination | a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| beholden | being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted |
| clapper | one that claps: such as |