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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| succulent | full of juice : juicy |
| acuity | keenness of perception |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| libretto | the text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical theater |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| dilapidated | decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse |
| mausoleum | a large tomb |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |