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 |
|---|---|
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| novelty | something new or unusual |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| ascendancy | governing or controlling influence : domination |
| feud | a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| artisan | a worker who practices a trade or handicraft : craftsperson |
| impartial | not partial or biased : treating or affecting all equally |
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |