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 |
|---|---|
| optometrist | a specialist licensed to practice optometry compare ophthalmologist |
| wiggle | to move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions : jiggle |
| befuddle | to muddle or stupefy with or as if with drink |
| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| camaraderie | a spirit of friendly good-fellowship |
| warrant | sanction |
| catechism | oral instruction |