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 |
|---|---|
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| kernel | the inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| prevalent | generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : widespread |
| crossbreed | hybridize |
| cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |
| nib | bill |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |