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 |
|---|---|
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| actuary | clerk |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
| boost | to push or shove up from below |
| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |
| furrow | a trench in the earth made by a plow |
| herpetologist | a branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians |
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |