GRE Word List
DEFUNCT
no longer living, existing, or functioning
The meaning of the word defunct is no longer living, existing, or functioning.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| quench | put out |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| verbatim | in the exact words : word for word |
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| platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
| papyrus | a tall perennial sedge (Cyperus papyrus) of the Nile valley |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |