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 |
|---|---|
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |
| agrarian | of or relating to fields or lands or their tenure |
| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |
| catechism | oral instruction |
| viscous | having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |