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::: functional - made for practical use only (without decoration); functioning; Ex. functional modern furniture; CF. functionalism
::: sustain - suffer (harm or loss); experience; support; prop; maintain; keep in existence; nourish (to maintain life); Ex. sustain the family/the trapped miners
::: defunct - dead; no longer in use or existence
::: misgivings - doubts
::: minion - servile dependent; obsequious follower
::: retort - quick sharp reply; V.
::: ornate - excessively or elaborately decorated
::: germinal - pertaining to a germ; creative; Ex. germinal idea
::: fatalism - belief that events are determined by forces or fates beyond one's control; ADJ. fatalistic; CF. fatal: causing death
::: expedient - suitable (for a particular purpose although not necessarily morally correct); practical; politic(prudent); N: something expedient