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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| restitution | an act of restoring or a condition of being restored: such as |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| upright | perpendicular |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| convert | to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another |
| porous | possessing or full of pores |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |