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 |
|---|---|
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| fervent | very hot : glowing |
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| dominant | commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others |
| undermine | to subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| forthcoming | being about to appear or to be produced or made available |