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 |
|---|---|
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| bump | a relatively abrupt convexity or protuberance on a surface: such as |
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| canker | an erosive or spreading sore |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| eminent | exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent |