GRE Word List
EXTANT
currently or actually existing
The meaning of the word extant is currently or actually existing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nutrition | the act or process of nourishing or being nourished |
| trigger | a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| entomology | a branch of zoology that deals with insects |