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 |
|---|---|
| whittle | a large knife |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| aria | air |
| peon | any of various workers in India, Sri Lanka, or Malaysia: such as |
| fiend | devil |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |
| ward | the action or process of guarding |
| quarry | game |