GRE Word List
DEGENERATE
having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state
The meaning of the word degenerate is having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cryptic | secret |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| fabricate | invent |
| malodorous | having a bad odor |
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| advert | to turn the mind or attention |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |