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 |
|---|---|
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |
| raspy | harsh |
| stereotype | to make a stereotype from |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| attest | to affirm to be true or genuine |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| vitriolic | bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism |