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 |
|---|---|
| luminous | emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| muse | to become absorbed in thought |
| filth | foul or putrid matter |
| cede | to yield or grant typically by treaty |
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| protocol | an original draft, minute, or record of a document or transaction |
| trilogy | a series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme |