GRE Word List
EXTANT
currently or actually existing
The meaning of the word extant is currently or actually existing.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| checkered | marked by alternating squares of different colors, shades, or materials |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| migrant | one that migrates: such as |
| overweening | arrogant |