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 |
|---|---|
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| accolade | a mark of acknowledgment : award |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
| confide | to have confidence : trust |
| slick | having a smooth surface : slippery |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |