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 |
|---|---|
| impertinent | given to or characterized by insolent rudeness |
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| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| elysium | the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology |
| concord | a state of agreement : harmony |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| plaudit | an act or round of applause |
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |