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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| institution | an established organization or corporation (such as a bank or university) especially of a public character |
| conviction | the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law |
| centrifugal | proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |
| pry | to look closely or inquisitively |
| venture | to proceed especially in the face of danger |
| 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 |