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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grandiloquenta lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language
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confidencea feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances
miscreantunbelieving
sunderto break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space
schismdivision
harpinga plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard
phyluma direct line of descent within a group
shacklesomething (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms