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 |
|---|---|
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| creep | to move along with the body prone and close to the ground |
| propellant | capable of propelling |
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |
| rousing | giving rise to excitement : stirring |
| unanimity | the quality or state of being unanimous |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |