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 |
|---|---|
| enthrall | to hold spellbound : charm |
| attest | to affirm to be true or genuine |
| insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| vulnerable | capable of being physically or emotionally wounded |