GRE Word List
EXTANT
currently or actually existing
The meaning of the word extant is currently or actually existing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| fluke | flatfish |
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| psychosomatic | of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |