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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WordMeaning
breadthdistance from side to side : width
lardera place where food is stored : pantry
languiddrooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak
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divaprima donna
anestheticof, relating to, or capable of producing anesthesia
dowdynot neat or becoming in appearance : shabby
scapegoata goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur
dissimulateto hide under a false appearance
scadany of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus)