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 |
|---|---|
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| invoke | to petition for help or support |
| variegate | to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |