GRE Word List
EXTRINSIC
not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous
The meaning of the word extrinsic is not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| recuperate | to get back : regain |
| execute | to carry out fully : put completely into effect |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| high-flown | exceedingly or excessively high or favorable |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |