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 |
|---|---|
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| retiring | reserved |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| disquisition | a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse |
| maniacal | affected with or suggestive of madness |
| attribute | a quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something |