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extraneous, intrinsic
extraneous (ik STRAY nee uhs) (adjective)
Not essential or regarding an unnecessary part of something: The balcony scene was extraneous, or irrelevant, to the meaning of the play.
The reporter was able to speed up the process of completing her report by eliminating much of the extraneous comments made by some of the people.
intrinsic (in TRIN zik, in TRIN sik) (adjective)
Descriptive of the essentials of the nature of an object or idea: The intrinsic essence of their friendship could not be described.
Someone once said that creativity is intrinsic to human existence.
After getting rid of all the extraneous paragraphs in the new novel, the editor felt that only the key intrinsic descriptions remained; all of which were strengthening elements in the story line.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group E; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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intrinsic fraud (s), intrinsic frauds (pl) (noun forms)
Fraud by with the use of forged documents or false claims or perjury; which misleads a court, or jury, and produces a finding for the one perpetrating the fraud or scam.
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frustrat-, frustra-
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