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 |
|---|---|
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |
| jurisdiction | the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| convention | agreement |
| solicitor | one that solicits |
| conviction | the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| droop | to hang or incline downward |
| ambience | a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere |