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 |
|---|---|
| statutory | of or relating to statutes |
| pulse | the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| devout | committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |
| quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| detached | standing by itself : separate |
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |