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 |
|---|---|
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| impromptu | made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised |
| license | permission to act |
| encompass | include |
| distant | separated in space : away |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| wastrel | vagabond |
| irreconcilable | impossible to reconcile |