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 |
|---|---|
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| forthcoming | being about to appear or to be produced or made available |
| apologist | someone who speaks or writes in defense of someone or something that is typically controversial, unpopular, or subject to criticism |
| omnipresent | present in all places at all times |
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| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| pathos | an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion |