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 |
|---|---|
| application | an act of applying: |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| balmy | having the qualities of balm : soothing |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| obnoxious | odiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |
| fodder | something fed to domestic animals |
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |