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 |
|---|---|
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
| affiliation | the state or relation of being closely associated or affiliated with a particular person, group, party, company, etc. |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| fleck | streak |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |