GRE Word List
EXTANT
currently or actually existing
The meaning of the word extant is currently or actually existing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| billowing | wave |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| intermittent | coming and going at intervals : not continuous |
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
| battalion | a considerable body of troops organized to act together : army |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| imbalance | lack of balance : the state of being out of equilibrium or out of proportion |
| debonair | suave |
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |