irrelevant or unrelated to the subject being dealt with. The extraneous noise from the street was keeping us awake all night.

not having any serious purpose or value. Less frivolous than someone I know.

accompanying but not a major part of something. Every day their is an incidental thing that happens to everyone for a reason.

not important or significant. Everything is inconsequential except for family.

not connected with or relevant to something. There is irrelevant information going on in the news.

so small or unimportant as to be not worth considering; insignificant. on a quiz with short questions I only spend a negligible amount of time studying.

relating to or situated on the edge or periphery of something. Do not spend too much time on the peripheral questions because of the time.

of little importance; trivial. The officer did not arrest the teen for the petty crime.

appearing to be true or real only until examined more closely. I still only have a superficial knowledge of the higher-level concepts of the subject.

unimportant or trivial. My time is too valuable to spend on trifling matters that have little worth.

of little value or importance. It’s a complete waste of time and energy to continue to argue over such a trivial matter.

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Sat Vocab 27

Mrs.Hahn English I

Term	Definition
Exteraneous	irrelevant or unrelated to the subject being dealt with. The extraneous noise from the street was keeping us awake all night.
frivolous	not having any serious purpose or value. Less frivolous than someone I know.
incidental	accompanying but not a major part of something. Every day their is an incidental thing that happens to everyone for a reason.
inconsequential	not important or significant. Everything is inconsequential except for family.
irrelevant	not connected with or relevant to something. There is irrelevant information going on in the news.
negligible	so small or unimportant as to be not worth considering; insignificant. on a quiz with short questions I only spend a negligible amount of time studying.
peripheral	relating to or situated on the edge or periphery of something. Do not spend too much time on the peripheral questions because of the time.
petty	of little importance; trivial. The officer did not arrest the teen for the petty crime.
superficial	appearing to be true or real only until examined more closely. I still only have a superficial knowledge of the higher-level concepts of the subject.
trifling	unimportant or trivial. My time is too valuable to spend on trifling matters that have little worth.
trivial	of little value or importance. It’s a complete waste of time and energy to continue to argue over such a trivial matter.

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