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 |
|---|---|
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| dilute | attenuate |
| clairvoyant | having clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| belated | delayed beyond the usual time |