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 |
|---|---|
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
| chaotic | marked by chaos or being in a state of chaos : completely confused or disordered |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| earthly | characteristic of or belonging to this earth |