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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| accessory | an object or device that is not essential in itself but adds to the beauty, convenience, or effectiveness of something else |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| exquisite | marked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution |
| immune | not susceptible or responsive |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| thrall | a state of servitude or submission |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |