GRE Word List
EXTANT
currently or actually existing
The meaning of the word extant is currently or actually existing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| luscious | having a delicious taste or smell : sweet |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| hibernal | of, relating to, or occurring in winter |
| fodder | something fed to domestic animals |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |