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 |
|---|---|
| dainty | something delicious to the taste |
| luxuriate | to grow profusely : thrive |
| explicate | to give a detailed explanation of |
| stately | marked by lofty or imposing dignity |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
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