GRE Word List
EXTANT
currently or actually existing
The meaning of the word extant is currently or actually existing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| canine | a conical pointed tooth |
| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
| 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 |