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 |
|---|---|
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| militate | to have weight or effect |
| advocacy | the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| monotony | tedious sameness |
| cantata | a composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| welter | writhe |
| blanch | to take the color out of |