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 |
|---|---|
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| depravity | a corrupt act or practice |
| culmination | the action of culminating |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
| phenomena | phenomenon |
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |