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 |
|---|---|
| unregenerate | not regenerate |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| executioner | one who executes |
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |
| enunciate | to make a definite or systematic statement of |
| determinate | having defined limits |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| meander | a winding path or course |