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 |
|---|---|
| flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |
| allure | to entice by charm or attraction |
| cordial | showing or marked by warm and often hearty friendliness, favor, or approval |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |