GRE Word List
EXTANT
currently or actually existing
The meaning of the word extant is currently or actually existing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| decollete | wearing a strapless or low-necked dress |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |
| adversary | one that contends with, opposes, or resists : an enemy or opponent |
| uniformity | the quality or state of being uniform |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| metaphysical | of or relating to metaphysics |