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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painstakingtaking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort
evasivetending or intended to evade : equivocal
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phobiaan exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation
levitateto rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation
reveriedaydream
sheafa quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together
consecratededicated to a sacred purpose
wrestto pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements
cisternan artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater)