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 |
|---|---|
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| waggish | resembling or characteristic of a wag |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| genre | a category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| creep | to move along with the body prone and close to the ground |
| fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| antiquated | outmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted |