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 |
|---|---|
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| adept | thoroughly proficient : expert |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| nutrient | furnishing nourishment |
| cubicle | a sleeping compartment partitioned off from a large room |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |