GRE Word List
DEFUNCT
no longer living, existing, or functioning
The meaning of the word defunct is no longer living, existing, or functioning.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| prosper | to succeed in an enterprise or activity |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| heedless | not taking heed : inconsiderate |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |