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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| trample | tramp |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| antiquated | outmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| fallible | liable to be erroneous |