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 |
|---|---|
| plethora | an ample amount or number : abundance |
| warble | a melodious succession of low pleasing sounds |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| orthodox | conforming to established doctrine especially in religion |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| categorical | absolute |
| variegated | having discrete markings of different colors |
| debar | to bar from having or doing something : preclude |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |