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 |
|---|---|
| bicameral | having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber |
| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
| forlorn | bereft |
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |