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 |
|---|---|
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| lode | waterway |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| flaccid | not firm or stiff |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
| obstetrician | a physician specializing in obstetrics |