GRE Word List
FUNCTIONARY
one who serves in a certain function
The meaning of the word functionary is one who serves in a certain function.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vie | to strive for superiority : contend |
| grimace | a facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |
| conceit | favorable opinion |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| gait | a manner of walking or moving on foot |
| retiring | reserved |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |