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 |
|---|---|
| unearthly | not earthly: such as |
| trickle | to issue or fall in drops |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |
| predecessor | one that precedes |
| haggard | not tamed |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| chameleon | any of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |